valHeight = 250; // default height value
interval = 10; //// slide speed
    
function sliding(){

     var obj = document.getElementById("divPanel");
     
     obj.style.height = this.valHeight+"px";
     if(valHeight > 0){
        var y = valHeight-2;
        obj.style.height = y+"px";
        valHeight = y;
        setTimeout("sliding()",interval);
     }else
     {
        obj.style.display = 'none';
        var btnBannerCtrl = document.getElementById("lblBannerToggle");
        btnBannerCtrl.src = "/images/bt_open.gif";
        btnBannerCtrl.alt = "open";
     }
}

function ReOpenBanner()
{
    var btnBannerCtrl = document.getElementById("lblBannerToggle");
    var obj = document.getElementById("divPanel");
    
    if(btnBannerCtrl.alt == "close")
    {
        obj.style.height = "0px";
        obj.style.display = 'none';
        btnBannerCtrl.src = "/images/bt_open.gif";
        btnBannerCtrl.alt = "open";
    }else
    {
        obj.style.height = "100%";
        obj.style.display = 'block';
        btnBannerCtrl.src = "/images/bt_close.gif";
        btnBannerCtrl.alt = "close";
    }   
}

		
function startBanner ( )
{
  setTimeout ( "sliding()", 10000 );
}