<!--
   var catPath = "images/";
   var catWidth = 50;
   var catHeight = 25;
   var catPics = new Array ("bg_menu_left.jpg", "bg_menu_main.jpg", "bg_menu_right.jpg", "bg_menu_left_2.jpg", "bg_menu_main_2.jpg", "bg_menu_right_2.jpg");
   var myPics = preloadImages (catPath,catPics,catWidth,catHeight);

   function preloadImages(path,pics,width,height) {
       var images = new Array;
       for (var picNum=0; picNum<pics.length; picNum++) {
           images[picNum] = new Image(width,height);
           images[picNum].src = (path + pics[picNum]);
       }
       return(images);
   }
-->