doFadeObj = new Object();
doFadeTime = new Object();
function doFade(object, destOp, rate, delta)
{
 if (!document.all)return;
 if (object != "[object]")
 {
  setTimeout("doFade(" + object + "," + destOp + "," + rate + "," + delta + ")", 0);
  return;
 }
 clearTimeout(doFadeTime[object.sourceIndex]);
 diff = destOp - object.filters.alpha.opacity;
 direction = 1;

 if (object.filters.alpha.opacity > destOp)
 {
  direction = -1;
 }

 delta = Math.min(direction * diff, delta);
 object.filters.alpha.opacity += direction * delta;
 if (object.filters.alpha.opacity != destOp)
 {
  doFadeObj[object.sourceIndex] = object;
  doFadeTime[object.sourceIndex] = setTimeout("doFade(doFadeObj["+object.sourceIndex+"]," + destOp + "," + rate + "," + delta + ")", rate);
 }
}