function hideLayer(whichLayer) {
	if (document.getElementById) {
	// this is the way the standards work
	document.getElementById(whichLayer).style.visibility = "hidden";
	}
	else if (document.all) {
	// this is the way old msie versions work
	document.all[whichlayer].style.visibility = "hidden";
	}
	else if (document.layers) {
	// this is the way nn4 works
	document.layers[whichLayer].visibility = "hidden";
	}
}

function showLayer(whichLayer) {
	if (document.getElementById) {
	// this is the way the standards work
	document.getElementById(whichLayer).style.visibility = "visible";
	}
	else if (document.all) {
	// this is the way old msie versions work
	document.all[whichlayer].style.visibility = "visible";
	}
	else if (document.layers) {
	// this is the way nn4 works
	document.layers[whichLayer].visibility = "visible";
	}
}

function handleClick(whichClick, whichlayer) {
	if (whichClick == "hide it") {
	// then the user wants to hide the layer
	hideLayer(whichlayer);
	}
	else if (whichClick == "show it") {
	// then the user wants to show the layer
	showLayer(whichlayer);
	}
}