// start player
function playPics(mode) {
	if (mode  &&  mode=='start'  &&  timeoutid != 0) return;
	nextPic();
	timeoutid = setTimeout("playPics()", currentPicDelay);
}

// stop player
function stopPics() {
	if (timeoutid != 0) {
		clearTimeout(timeoutid);
		timeoutid = 0;
	}
}

// previous pic
function prevPic(){
	if (currentpic > 0)	currentpic--;
	else			currentpic = picnumber-1;
	updatePics();
}

// previous pic
function nextPic(){
	currentpic++;
	if (currentpic == picnumber) currentpic = 0;
	updatePics();
}

function updatePics(){
 	var o_img = document.getElementById('thepic');
	o_img.src = pics[currentpic].src;
  	//var o_speed = document.getElementById('speed');
	//o_speed.value = currentPicDelay;
	if (DHTML) {
    	if (NS4) {
			setContent("id", "Uhr", null, '<span class="Uhr">' + picstime[currentpic] + '<\/span>');
		} else {
			setContent("id", "Uhr", null, picstime[currentpic]);
		}
	}
}

function faster(){
	if (currentPicDelay-100 >= picDelayMin)	currentPicDelay -= 100;
}

function slower(){
	if (currentPicDelay+100 <= picDelayMax)	currentPicDelay += 100;
}