function hideLayer(whichLayer) {
if (document.getElementById) {
// this is the way the standards work
document.getElementById(whichLayer).style.visibility = "hidden";
}
else if (document.all) {
// this is the way old msie versions work
document.all[whichlayer].style.visibility = "hidden";
}
else if (document.layers) {
// this is the way nn4 works
document.layers[whichLayer].visibility = "hidden";
}
}
function showLayer(whichLayer) {
if (document.getElementById) {
// this is the way the standards work
document.getElementById(whichLayer).style.visibility = "visible";
}
else if (document.all) {
// this is the way old msie versions work
document.all[whichlayer].style.visibility = "visible";
}
else if (document.layers) {
// this is the way nn4 works
document.layers[whichLayer].visibility = "visible";
}
}
function handleClick(whichClick) {
if (whichClick == "hide it") {
// then the user wants to hide the layer
hideLayer("boxthing");
}
else if (whichClick == "show it") {
// then the user wants to show the layer
showLayer("boxthing");
}
}