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//=== BEGIN: GET LAYER													===
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//=== REQUIRES: detectBrowser()											===
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//=== getLayer(layerId)													===
//===																	===
//=== finds and returns a layer object using the parsed layer id		===
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    function getLayer(layerID)
    {
    	if ((currentBrowser == "NS4")||(currentBrowser == "NS6"))
    	{
    		if (currentBrowser == "NS6")
    		{layerObj = document.getElementById(layerID) ;}
    		else
    		{layerObj = document.layers[layerID] ;}
    	}
    	else if ((currentBrowser == "IE")||(currentBrowser == "FireFox"))
    	{layerObj = document.getElementById(layerID) ;}
    	
    	return layerObj ;
    }
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//=== END: GET LAYER													===
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