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function newImage(arg) {
	if (document.images) {
		rslt = new Image();
		rslt.src = arg;
		return rslt;
	}
}

function changeImages() {
	if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
		for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
			document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
		}
	}
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
	if (document.images) {
                button_au1 = newImage("images/button_au1.gif");
                button_flags1 = newImage("images/button_flags1.gif");
                button_cb1 = newImage("images/button_cb1.gif");
                button_if1 = newImage("images/button_if1.gif");
                button_of1 = newImage("images/button_of1.gif");
                button_ifs1 = newImage("images/button_ifs1.gif");
                button_db1 = newImage("images/button_db1.gif");
                button_mp1 = newImage("images/button_mp1.gif");
                button_a1 = newImage("images/button_a1.gif");
                button_cu1 = newImage("images/button_cu1.gif");
	        button_home1 = newImage("images/button_home1.gif");
					preloadFlag = true;
	}
}

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