var inter = null;

// Please wait function
function pleaseWait(lang, plwtitle, message) {
	var i = 0;
	var args = pleaseWait.arguments;
	var mystyle = "font-family: 'Times New Roman', Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; color: #d7d7d5; background #FFFFFF; text-align: center;";
	IE = true; NS = false; OB = false;
	if (document.layers) {IE = false; NS = true; OB = false;}
	if (document.all) {IE = true; NS = false; OB = false;}
	if (!document.all && document.getElementById) {IE = true; NS = false; OB = true;}	
	
	with(document) {
		var _heg = '500px';
		var _wid = parseInt(screen.width,10);
		if (document.all) {
			_wid =_wid - 22;
		} else {
			_wid =_wid - 16;
		}
		_wid = _wid + 'px';
		write('<DIV id="plw_span" style="' + mystyle + 'height: ' + _heg + ';width:' + _wid + ';z-index:100;position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px;">');

			write('<DIV style="position:absolute;left:50;top:30;width:200px;height:200px;background-color:transparent;" align="left">');
			write('<TABLE cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" align="center" border="0px" width="200px" height="200px">');
			write('	<TR><TD width="200px" align="center" class="title" valign="middle"><img src="/site/images/_blank.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0px" width="1px" height="10px"></TD></TR>');
			write('	<TR><TD width="200px" align="center" valign="middle"><IMG src="/site/images/_ilios.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></TD></TR>');
			write('	<TR><TD width="200px" align="center" valign="middle"><img src="/site/images/_blank.gif" align="absmiddle" border="0px" width="1px" height="10px"></TD></TR>');
			write('	<TR><TD width="200px" align="center" valign="middle"><IMG src="/site/images/_ilios_title' + lang + '.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle"></TD></TR>');
			write('</TABLE>');
			write('</DIV>');

			write('<TABLE cellpadding="0px" cellspacing="0px" align="center" border="0px" width="100%" height="' + _heg + '">');
			write('	<TR>');
			write('		<TD><IMG src="/site/images/_blank.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="107px" height="107px"></TD>');
			write('		<TD><IMG src="/site/images/_blank.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="200px" height="1px"></TD>');
			write('		<TD align="center" valign="top" width="100%">');
			write('			<DIV style="position:relative;top:70;width:450px;background-color:transparent;" align="left">');
			write('				<TABLE cellspacing="0px" cellpadding="0px" align="center" border="0px" width="450px">');
			if (lang == 'en') {
				write('			<TR><TD width="450px" align="center" valign="top" class="title02" nowrap>MEGAS SEIRIOS</TD></TR>');
				write('			<TR><TD width="450px" align="center" valign="bottom" class="title01">p u b l i c a t i o n s</TD></TR>');
			} else {
				write('			<TR><TD width="450px" align="center" valign="bottom" class="title01">ε κ δ ό σ ε ι ς</TD></TR>');
				write('			<TR><TD width="450px" align="center" valign="top" class="title02" nowrap>ΜΕΓΑΣ ΣΕΙΡΙΟΣ</TD></TR>');
			}
			write('				</TABLE>');
			write('			</DIV>');
			write('		</TD>');
			write('		<TD><IMG src="/site/images/_blank.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle" width="107px" height="107px"></TD>');
			write('	</TR>');
			write('<TR><TD colspan="4" align="center" valign="top" style="' + mystyle + '"><b style="letter-spacing:4px;">' + plwtitle + '<br><br>' + message +'</b></TD></TR>');
			write('</TABLE>');
		
		write('</DIV>');
		write('<DIV id="html_span" style="display:none; position:absolute; left:0px; top:0px;">');
	}
	//inter = setInterval("if(document.getElementById('plw_message').style.visibility == 'hidden') document.getElementById('plw_message').style.visibility = 'visible'; else document.getElementById('plw_message').style.visibility = 'hidden';", 800);
}

function pleaseWaitDone() {
	var nw = document.getElementById('plw_span');
	if (nw) {
		nw.style.display = 'none';
		var n = document.getElementById('html_span');
		if (n) n.style.display = '';
	}
	//if(inter != null)
	//	window.clearInterval(inter);
}
