var showMsg = navigator.userAgent != "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 4.0; Mac_PowerPC)";
function dmim(msgStr) {
  document.returnValue = false;
  if (showMsg) { 
    window.status = msgStr;
    document.returnValue = true;
  }
}

// open window for movies, pictures and animations
//
function open_mPAWindow(fname, w, h)
{
        mPAWindow = window.open(""+fname+".html", "mPAWindow", "width="+w+",height="+h+",toolbar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes");
}