var DHTML = (document.getElementById || document.all || document.layers);

function ap_getObj(name) {
	if (document.getElementById) { 
		return document.getElementById(name).style; 
	}
	else if (document.all) { 
		return document.all[name].style; 
	}
	else if (document.layers) { 
		return document.layers[name]; 
	}
}

function ap_showWaitMessage(div,flag) {
	if (!DHTML) return;
		var x = ap_getObj(div); x.visibility = (flag) ? 'visible':'hidden'
		
		if(! document.getElementById) 
		
		if(document.layers) x.left=280/2; 
			return true; 
}
 
ap_showWaitMessage('waitDiv', 3);