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/**
 * SCHOLZ & VOLKMER Library
 * lib.preloadImages.js
 *
 * @author David Seibert, d.seibert@s-v.de
 * @version $Id: lib.preloadImages.js,v 1.1 2005/01/04 17:18:12 dsei Exp $
 * @copyright 2004 SCHOLZ & VOLKMER Intermediales Design, GmbH
 * @copyright 65183 Wiesbaden, Germany 
 **/

/*
 * preloadImages()
 *
 * accepts a multiple number of strings as arguments, containing paths to images that 
 * shoul be preloaded
 */

function preloadImages() {
	var doc=document;
	if(doc.images) {
		if(!doc.preloadedImages) {
			doc.preloadedImages=new Array();
		}
	}
   	var i;
	var j = doc.preloadedImages.length;
	var a = preloadImages.arguments; 
	for (i=0; i < a.length; i++) {
   		if (a[i].indexOf("#") != 0) {
			doc.preloadedImages[j] = new Image; 
			doc.preloadedImages[j++].src = a[i];
		}
	}
}

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