var theImages = new Array;
function preloadImages()
{
  for(i=0; i<preloadImages.arguments.length; i++)
  {
    theImages[i] = new Image();
    theImages[i].src = preloadImages.arguments[i];
  }
}

preloadImages("maintext.gif", "background.jpg", "images/slideshow/slide1.jpg", "images/slideshow/slide2.jpg", "images/slideshow/slide3.jpg", "images/slideshow/slide4.jpg", "images/slideshow/slide5.jpg");

var pictureList = new Array();
var fadeTime = 3;
var slideSpeed = 7000;
pictureList[0] = 'images/slideshow/slide1.jpg'
pictureList[1] = 'images/slideshow/slide2.jpg'
pictureList[2] = 'images/slideshow/slide3.jpg'
pictureList[3] = 'images/slideshow/slide4.jpg'
pictureList[4] = 'images/slideshow/slide5.jpg'

var t;
var j = 0;
var p = pictureList.length;
var preLoad = new Array();
for (i = 0; i < p; i++) {
preLoad[i] = new Image();
preLoad[i].src = pictureList[i];
}
function runSlides()
{
  if (document.all)
  {
    document.images.SlideShow.style.filter="blendTrans(duration=fadeTime)";
    document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Apply();
  }
  document.images.SlideShow.src = preLoad[j].src;
  if (document.all)
  {
    document.images.SlideShow.filters.blendTrans.Play();
  }
  j = j + 1;
  if (j > (p - 1)) j = 0;
  t = setTimeout('runSlides()', slideSpeed);
}