function getLayer(name) {

	if (document.layers) {
		return(document.layers[name]);
	}
	else {
		layer = document.getElementById(name);
		if (layer) {
			return(layer);
		} else {
			return(null);
		}
	}
}


function hideLayer(name) {

	var layer = getLayer(name);

	if (layer.style) {
		layer.style.visibility="hidden";	
	} else {
		layer.visibility="hide";
	}

}


function showLayer(name) {

	var layer = getLayer(name);

	if (layer.style) {
		layer.style.visibility="visible";	
	} else {
		layer.visibility="show";
	}

}