var displayWaitMessage=true;
var activeImage = false;
var imageGalleryCaptions = new Array();

	
	function initSlideShow()
	{
		imageGalleryObj = document.getElementById('thumb');
		document.getElementById('largeImageCaption').style.display='block';
		var divs = imageGalleryObj.getElementsByTagName('DIV');
		for(var no=0;no<divs.length;no++){
			if(divs[no].className=='imageCaption'){
				imageGalleryCaptions[imageGalleryCaptions.length] = divs[no].innerHTML;
			}
		}
	}
	
	function showPreview(imagePath,imageIndex){
		var subImages = document.getElementById('previewPane').getElementsByTagName('IMG');
		if(subImages.length==0){
			var img = document.createElement('IMG');
			document.getElementById('previewPane').appendChild(img);
		}else img = subImages[0];
		
		if(displayWaitMessage){
			document.getElementById('waitMessage').style.display='inline';
		}
		document.getElementById('largeImageCaption').style.display='none';
		img.onload = function() { 
			hideWaitMessageAndShowCaption(imageIndex-1);
		};
		img.src = imagePath;

	}
	function hideWaitMessageAndShowCaption(imageIndex)
	{
		document.getElementById('waitMessage').style.display='none';	
		document.getElementById('largeImageCaption').innerHTML = imageGalleryCaptions[imageIndex];
		document.getElementById('largeImageCaption').style.display='block';
		
	}

	window.onload = initSlideShow;