function MakeArray(n){
      this.length=n;
      for(var i=1; i<=n; i++) this[i]=i-1;
      return this
    }

    hex=new MakeArray(16);
    hex[11]="A"; hex[12]="B"; hex[13]="C"; hex[14]="D";
    hex[15]="E"; hex[16]="F";

    function ToHex(x){   // Changes a int to hex (in the range 0 to 255)
      var high=x/16;
      var s=high+"";        //1
      s=s.substring(0,2);   //2 the combination of these = trunc funct.
      high=parseInt(s,10);  //3
      var left=hex[high+1]; // left part of the hex-value
      var low=x-high*16;    // calculate the rest of the values
      s=low+"";             //1
      s=s.substring(0,2);   //2 the combination of these = trunc funct.
      low=parseInt(s,10);   //3
      var right=hex[low+1]; // right part of the hex-value
      var string=left+""+right; // add the high and low together
      return string;
    }

    function fadeout(text){
      text=text.substring(3,text.length-4);
                             // gets rid of the HTML-comment-tags
      color_d1=255;          // any value in 'begin' 0 to 255
      mul=color_d1/text.length;
      var j=1;
    for(i=0;i<text.length;i++){
       color_d1=255*Math.sin(i/(text.length/3));
       // some other things you can try>>
       // "=255-mul*i" to fade out, "=mul*i" to fade in,
       // or try "255*Math.sin(i/(text.length/3))"
       color_h1=ToHex(color_d1);
       color_d2=mul*i;
       color_h2=ToHex(color_d2);
       color_d3=mul*(text.length-i);
       color_h3=ToHex(color_d3);

          j = i;

      if (text.substring(i,i+1) == '&')
      {
            for (j = i+1; j < text.length; j++)
            {
                   if (text.substring(j,j+1) == ';') { break; }
            }
            if (j == text.length) { j = i; }
      }

      if (text.substring(i,i+1) == '<')
      {
            for (j = i+1; j < text.length; j++)
            {
                   if (text.substring(j,j+1) == '>') { break; }
            }
            if (j == text.length) { j = i; }
      }

       document.write("<FONT COLOR='#"+color_h3+color_h1+color_h2+"' >"+
                      text.substring(i,j+1)+'</FONT>');
             i = j;
    }
    }