function image_rotate(id, speed, path, bTrans, bMouse, bRand) {
    var imgObj = document.getElementById(id); 
    if (!imgObj) { 
        imgObj = document.images[id];
        if (!imgObj) return;
        imgObj.id = id;
    }
    this.id = id; this.speed = speed || 4500; 
    this.path = path || "";  this.bRand = bRand;
    this.ctr = 0; this.timer = 0; this.imgs = []; 
    this._setupLink(imgObj, bMouse);
    this.bTrans = bTrans && typeof imgObj.filters != 'undefined';
    var index = image_rotate.col.length; image_rotate.col[index] = this;
    this.animString = "image_rotate.col[" + index + "]";
}

image_rotate.col = []; 
image_rotate.resumeDelay = 400; 

image_rotate.prototype._setupLink = function(imgObj, bMouse) { 
    if ( imgObj.parentNode && imgObj.parentNode.tagName.toLowerCase() == 'a' ) {
        var parentLink = this.parentLink = imgObj.parentNode;
        if (bMouse) {
            dw_Event.add(parentLink, 'mouseover', image_rotate.pause);
            dw_Event.add(parentLink, 'mouseout', image_rotate.resume);
        }
    }
}

image_rotate.getInstanceById = function(id) {
    var len = image_rotate.col.length, obj;
    for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
        obj = image_rotate.col[i];
        if (obj.id && obj.id == id ) {
            return obj;
        }
    }
    return null;
}

image_rotate.prototype.on_rotate = function() {}

image_rotate.prototype.addImages = function() { 
    var img;
    for (var i=0; arguments[i]; i++) {
        img = new Image();
        img.src = this.path + arguments[i];
        this.imgs[this.imgs.length] = img;
    }
}

image_rotate.prototype.rotate = function() {
    clearTimeout(this.timer); this.timer = null;
    var imgObj = document.getElementById(this.id);
    if ( this.bRand ) {
        this.setRandomCtr();
    } else {
        if (this.ctr < this.imgs.length-1) this.ctr++;
        else this.ctr = 0;
    }
    if ( this.bTrans ) {
        this.doImageTrans(imgObj);
    } else {
        imgObj.src = this.imgs[this.ctr].src;
    }
    this.swapAlt(imgObj); this.prepAction(); this.on_rotate();
    this.timer = setTimeout( this.animString + ".rotate()", this.speed);   
}


image_rotate.prototype.doImageTrans = function(imgObj) {
    imgObj.style.filter = 'blendTrans(duration=1)';
    if (imgObj.filters.blendTrans) imgObj.filters.blendTrans.Apply();
    imgObj.src = this.imgs[this.ctr].src;
    imgObj.filters.blendTrans.Play(); 
}

image_rotate.prototype.swapAlt = function(imgObj) {
    if ( !imgObj.setAttribute ) return;
    if ( this.alt && this.alt[this.ctr] ) {
        imgObj.setAttribute('alt', this.alt[this.ctr]);
    }
    if ( this.title && this.title[this.ctr] ) {
        imgObj.setAttribute('title', this.title[this.ctr]);
    }
}

image_rotate.prototype.prepAction = function() {
    if ( this.actions && this.parentLink && this.actions[this.ctr] ) {
        if ( typeof this.actions[this.ctr] == 'string' ) {
            this.parentLink.href = this.actions[this.ctr];
        } else if ( typeof this.actions[this.ctr] == 'function' ) {
            var id = this.id;
            this.parentLink.href = "javascript: void " + this.actions[this.ctr] + "('" + id + "')";
        } 
    }
}

image_rotate.start = function() {
    var len = image_rotate.col.length, obj;
    for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
        obj = image_rotate.col[i];
        if (obj && obj.id ) {
            clearTimeout( obj.timer ); obj.timer = null; 
            obj.timer = setTimeout( obj.animString + ".rotate()", obj.speed);
        }
    }
}

image_rotate.setup = function () {
    if (!document.getElementById) return;
    var i, j, rObj, r, imgAr, len;
    for (i=0; arguments[i]; i++) {
        rObj = arguments[i];
        r = new image_rotate(rObj.id, rObj.speed, rObj.path, rObj.bTrans, rObj.bMouse, rObj.bRand);
        try {
            imgAr = rObj.images; len = imgAr.length;
            for (j=0; j<len; j++) { r.addImages( imgAr[j] ); }
        } catch (e) { 
             
        }
    }
    image_rotate.start();
}