//new self window
function openSelfWin(myURL) {
  window.location = myURL;
}
//new window for cross browser
function openNewWin(myURL) {
  window.open(myURL);
}
//external call to flash
function runWheel(inc) {
    if(thisMovie("flcontent").updateDelta){
		thisMovie("flcontent").updateDelta(inc);
	} else {
		return true;
	}
}
//generic browser based dome markup dom markup
function thisMovie(movieName) {
    if (navigator.appName.indexOf("Microsoft") != -1) {
        return window[movieName]
    } else {
        return document[movieName]
    }
}
//handler for wheel
function handle(delta) {
	runWheel(delta);
}
//wheel function
function wheel(event){
	var delta = 0;
	if (!event) event = window.event;
	if (event.wheelDelta) {
		delta = event.wheelDelta/120; 
		if (window.opera) delta = -delta;
	} else if (event.detail) {
		delta = -event.detail/3;
	}
	if (delta)
		handle(delta);
        if (event.preventDefault)
                event.preventDefault();
        event.returnValue = false;
}
//mouse listener for window or document
if (window.addEventListener)
	window.addEventListener('DOMMouseScroll', wheel, false);
window.onmousewheel = document.onmousewheel = wheel;