var tabs=new Array('News','Applications','Technology');

var tabids = new Array();
var tabcopyids = new Array();
for ( var i=0, len=tabs.length; i<len; ++i ){
	tabcopyids[i]="tabCopy"+tabs[i];
	tabids[i]="tab"+tabs[i];
}

function switchid(id){	
	hideallids();
	showdiv(id);
}

function hideallids(){
	//loop through the array and hide each element by id
	for (var i=0;i<tabcopyids.length;i++){
		hidediv(tabcopyids[i]);
	}	  
	//loop through the array and remove all active class tags
	for (var i=0;i<tabids.length;i++){
		RemoveClassName(tabids[i], "active");
	}	
}

function hidediv(id) {
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'none';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'none';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'none';
		}
	}
}

function showdiv(id) {
	AddClassName("tab"+id, "active");	
	id="tabCopy"+id;  
	if (document.getElementById) { // DOM3 = IE5, NS6
		document.getElementById(id).style.display = 'block';
	}
	else {
		if (document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			document.id.display = 'block';
		}
		else { // IE 4
			document.all.id.style.display = 'block';
		}
	}
}

function AddClassName(objElement, strClass, blnMayAlreadyExist)
   {
	objElement=document.getElementById(objElement);
   // if there is a class
   if ( objElement.className )
      {

      // the classes are just a space separated list, so first get the list
      var arrList = objElement.className.split(' ');

      // if the new class name may already exist in list
      if ( blnMayAlreadyExist )
         {

         // get uppercase class for comparison purposes
         var strClassUpper = strClass.toUpperCase();

         // find all instances and remove them
         for ( var i = 0; i < arrList.length; i++ )
            {

            // if class found
            if ( arrList[i].toUpperCase() == strClassUpper )
               {

               // remove array item
               arrList.splice(i, 1);

               // decrement loop counter as we have adjusted the array's contents
               i--;

               }

            }

         }

      // add the new class to end of list
      arrList[arrList.length] = strClass;

      // add the new class to beginning of list
      //arrList.splice(0, 0, strClass);
      
      // assign modified class name attribute
      objElement.className = arrList.join(' ');

      }
   // if there was no class
   else
      {

      // assign modified class name attribute      
      objElement.className = strClass;
   
      }

   }

function RemoveClassName(objElement, strClass)
   {
	objElement=document.getElementById(objElement);
   // if there is a class
   if ( objElement.className )
      {

      // the classes are just a space separated list, so first get the list
      var arrList = objElement.className.split(' ');

      // get uppercase class for comparison purposes
      var strClassUpper = strClass.toUpperCase();

      // find all instances and remove them
      for ( var i = 0; i < arrList.length; i++ )
         {

         // if class found
         if ( arrList[i].toUpperCase() == strClassUpper )
            {

            // remove array item
            arrList.splice(i, 1);

            // decrement loop counter as we have adjusted the array's contents
            i--;

            }

         }

      // assign modified class name attribute
      objElement.className = arrList.join(' ');

      }
   // if there was no class
   // there is nothing to remove

   }