var arrowimages={down:['downarrowclass', '/img/empty.gif', 23], right:['rightarrowclass', '/img/empty.gif']}

var jqueryslidemenu={

animateduration: {over: 50, out: 0},

buildmenu:function(menuid, arrowsvar, type){
    jQuery(document).ready(function($){
        var $mainmenu=$("#"+menuid+">ul")
        var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()
        $headers.each(function(i){
            var $curobj=$(this)
            var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)')
            this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()}
            this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false
            $subul.css({left:this.istopheader? this._dimensions.w+"px" : 0})


            if (type==2)
            {
                $curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: "10"} : {}).append(
                    '<img src="'+ (arrowsvar.right[1])
                    +'" class="' + (arrowsvar.right[0])
                    + '" style="border:0;" vspace="3" />'
                )
            }
            else
            {

                $curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: arrowsvar.down[2]} : {}).append(
                '<img src="'+ (this.istopheader? arrowsvar.down[1] : arrowsvar.right[1])
                +'" class="' + (this.istopheader? arrowsvar.down[0] : arrowsvar.right[0])
                + '" style="border:0;" />'
            )


            }


            $curobj.hover(
                function(e){
                    var $lala=$(this)
                    var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
                    this._offsets={left:$(this).offset().left, top:$(this).offset().top}

                    $lala.css({})

                    if (type==2)
                    {
                    var menuleft=this._dimensions.w
                    $targetul.css({top:"0px"})
                    }
                    else
                    {
                    var menuleft=this.istopheader? 0 : this._dimensions.w
                    }

                    menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+this._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft
                    $targetul.css({left:menuleft+"px",width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).slideDown(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.over)

                },
                function(e){

                    var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
                    $targetul.slideUp(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.out)
                }
            )
        })
        $mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})
    })
}
}