var Img;

img_dir+="/";

var pre_img = new Image();

var ss_name=new Array();

var ctr=new Array();

var min_ctr=new Array();

var max_ctr=new Array();

var pre_flag=new Array();

var Img=new Array();

ss_name[0]="ss1";

ss_name[1]="ss2";

ss_name[2]="ss3";

ss_name[3]="ss4";

ss_name[4]="ss5";

ss_name[5]="ss6";

ss_name[6]="ss7";

ss_name[7]="ss8";

for(i=0;i<ss_num;i++){

	var temp=i+1;

	max_ctr[i]= eval("max_" + temp);

	if(i==0)

		{min_ctr[i]=1;}

	else{

		min_ctr[i]=max_ctr[i-1]+1;}

	ctr[i]=min_ctr[i]+1;

	pre_flag[i]=true;

}

//alert( "start is" + ctr[0]);

//alert( "max is" + max_ctr[0]);

var sst_num=ss_num; //1 for delayed

var t;

function runSlideShow(){

for(i=0;i<sst_num;i++){

 //alert("sst num is" + sst_num);

  if(document.all){ 

    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=2)\"");

    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".style.filter=\"blendTrans(duration=crossFadeDuration)\"");

    eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".filters.blendTrans.Apply()");

	}

	//alert ("i is " + i);

	//alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);

	var ctr_str=ctr[i]+'';

	//alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);

  	Img[i]= img_dir + ctr[i] + ".jpg";

	//alert ("counter is " + ctr[i]);

  	//alert(Img);

  	//document.images.SlideShow.src=Img[i];

  	eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".src=Img[i]");

  	if (document.all) {

    	eval("document.images."+ss_name[i]+".filters.blendTrans.Play()");

  	}

  	ctr[i]++;

  	if(ctr[i]>max_ctr[i]){

    	// for delayed

		//if(ss_num>i+1 && pre_flag[i]){

		//alert(sst_num);

			//sst_num++;}

    	ctr[i]=min_ctr[i];

		//alert (i+" and " +min_ctr[i]);

    	pre_flag[i]=false;

  	}	

  	if(pre_flag[i]){//preload the next image

    	var temp= img_dir + ctr[i]+ ".jpg";

		pre_img.src=temp;

  	}

}	

  	t=setTimeout('runSlideShow()', ssSpeed);

}