var slide = new Array;
  var pictureName = new Array("images/slide1.jpg", "images/slide2.jpg","images/slide3.jpg","images/slide4.jpg","images/slide5.jpg","images/slide6.jpg","images/slide7.jpg","images/slide8.jpg","images/slide9.jpg","images/slide10.jpg","images/slide11.jpg","images/slide12.jpg","images/slide13.jpg","images/slide14.jpg","images/slide15.jpg","images/slide16.jpg","images/slide17.jpg");

 for (var i = 0; i < pictureName.length; i++) {

     slide[i] = new Image();
     slide[i].src = pictureName[i];
 }

 var m = new Array(0, 100);
 var nextImage = 0;
 var t = "";


 function next(step) {

   if (t != "") return;

   m[0] = 0;
   m[1] = 100;

   nextImage = nextImage + step;

   if (nextImage == pictureName.length) {

      nextImage = 0;
   }  

   if (nextImage == -1) {

      nextImage = pictureName.length - 1;
   }  


   document.getElementById("after").src = slide[nextImage].src;

   change_slide();

 }

 function change_slide() {

  m[0] += 1;
  m[1] -= 1;

  document.getElementById("before_div").style.opacity = m[1]/100;
  document.getElementById("after_div").style.opacity = m[0]/100;
  document.getElementById("after_div").style.filter="alpha(opacity="+m[0]+")";
  document.getElementById("before_div").style.filter="alpha(opacity="+m[1]+")";

  t = setTimeout("change_slide()",5);
  if (m[0] > 98) {

     clearTimeout(t);
     document.getElementById("before").src = slide[nextImage].src;
     document.getElementById("before_div").style.opacity = 100;
     document.getElementById("before_div").style.filter="alpha(opacity=0)";
     t = "";
  }

 }
function changeSlides()
{
next(1);
var id=setTimeout("changeSlides()",4000);

}