//hack png picture
function correctPNG() 
{
    var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")
    var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1])
    if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters))
    {
       for(var j=0; j<document.images.length; j++)
       {
          var img = document.images[j]
          var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase()
          if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG")
          {
             var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : ""
             var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : ""
             var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' "
             var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText
             if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle
             if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle
             if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle
             var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
             + " style=\"" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
             + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
             + "(src=\'" + img.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>"
             img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
             j = j-1
          }
       }
    }
} 

//get browser's version
  function getIEVersonNumber()
    {
        var ua = navigator.userAgent;
        var msieOffset = ua.indexOf("MSIE ");
        if(msieOffset < 0)
        {
            return 0;
        }
        return parseFloat(ua.substring(msieOffset + 5, ua.indexOf(";", msieOffset)));
    }