if(document.getElementById) { // IE 5 and up, NS 6 and up
			var upLevel = true;
			}
		else if(document.layers) { // Netscape 4
			var ns4 = true;
			}
		else if(document.all) { // IE 4
			var ie4 = true;
			}
		if(upLevel) {
			var splash = document.getElementById("splashScreen");
			}
		else if(ns4) {
			var splash = document.splashScreen;
			}
		else if(ie4) {
			var splash = document.all.splashScreen;
			}
			
		function hideObject(obj) {//alert(obj);
			if (ns4) {
				obj.style.display = "none";
				}
			if (ie4 || upLevel) {
				obj.style.display= "none";
				}
			}

			hideObject(splash);