
function generateRandom(string_length,row_length,sp_text,sp_text_position,sp_text2,sp_text_position2){
  //var result = 'aaa';
//  var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz~`@#$%^&\*\&pound;\&auml;\¦\®\¤\¬\&yen;\°\&Egrave;\&icirc;\o\e\&thorn;\&#352;\&oslash;\&ntilde;\&#8734;";
  var chars = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXTZabcdefghiklmnopqrstuvwxyz";
  var randomstring = '';
  var row_char_i=0;
  var rnum='';
  for (var i=0; i<string_length; i++) {
	rnum = Math.floor(Math.random() * chars.length);
	row_char_i++;
	if (row_char_i>=row_length) {
	  row_char_i=0;
	  randomstring +=' ';
    }
    if (i==sp_text_position) {
	  randomstring +=sp_text;
    }
    if (i==sp_text_position2) {
	  randomstring +=sp_text2;
    }
	randomstring += chars.substring(rnum,rnum+1);
  }
  document.getElementById('random').innerHTML = randomstring;
}

var TimeToFade = 1500.0;

function fade(eid){
  var element = document.getElementById(eid);
  if(element == null)
    return;
   
  if(element.FadeState == null)
  {
    if(element.style.opacity == null
        || element.style.opacity == ''
        || element.style.opacity == '1')
    {
      element.FadeState = 2;
    }
    else
    {
      element.FadeState = -2;
    }
  }
   
  if(element.FadeState == 1 || element.FadeState == -1)
  {
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? -1 : 1;
    element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade - element.FadeTimeLeft;
  }
  else
  {
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 2 ? -1 : 1;
    element.FadeTimeLeft = TimeToFade;
    setTimeout("animateFade(" + new Date().getTime() + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
  }  
}

function animateFade(lastTick, eid){
  
  var curTick = new Date().getTime();
  var elapsedTicks = curTick - lastTick;
 
  var element = document.getElementById(eid);
 
  if(element.FadeTimeLeft <= elapsedTicks)
  {
    element.style.opacity = element.FadeState == 1 ? '1' : '0';
    element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = '
        + (element.FadeState == 1 ? '100' : '0') + ')';
    element.FadeState = element.FadeState == 1 ? 2 : -2;
    return;
  }
 
  element.FadeTimeLeft -= elapsedTicks;
  var newOpVal = element.FadeTimeLeft/TimeToFade;
  if(element.FadeState == 1)
    newOpVal = 1 - newOpVal;

  element.style.opacity = newOpVal;
  element.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity = ' + (newOpVal*100) + ')';
 
  setTimeout("animateFade(" + curTick + ",'" + eid + "')", 33);
}

