/* initializes images in an array for pre loading */

		function initialize(imgArray){
			for (i=0; i < imgArray.length; i++) {
    			var loadedImage = new Image();
    			loadedImage.src = imgArray[i];
  			}
		}

		/* Swaps images when a mouse over event occurs */

		function swapImages(itemName,imageID,imageURL) {
			document.getElementById(imageID).src=imageURL;
			showText(itemName);
		}
		/*populates a 2 dimentional array and populates it from the istcs database employee table
		This is needed for the swapImages and initialize functions */
		var Image_List = new Array('http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/1.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/2.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/3.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/4.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/5.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/6.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/7.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/8.jpg','images/employees/noimg.jpg','http://idahoscitech.com/images/employees/10.jpg','');
		/* executes the image initialization command */		
		initialize(Image_List);	
		var employee_list = new Array(Image_List);



/* Ajax function that allows the text descriptions to be pulled from the Fred's database and swapped with the images 
swatchtext.php called below does the actual query to the database */
var xmlHttp;
function showText(str){
 
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
 alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
 return;
 }
var url="scripts/swatchtext.php";
url=url+"?q="+str;
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
}function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
 document.getElementById("facultydesc").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
 } 
}function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 //Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}	function showContent(thisFilename,thisURL){
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
		if (xmlHttp==null){
 			alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
 			return;
 		}
		var url=thisURL;
		url=url+"?q="+thisFilename;
		url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
		xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged2;
		xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
		xmlHttp.send(null);
}
function stateChanged2() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
 document.getElementById("show").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
 }
}