function findLayer(what, where)
  {
    if(!where) return
    var i,l,parent
    var len=where.length
    for(i=0;i<len;i++){
      parent=where[i].document.layers
      l=parent[what]
      if(l) return l
      l=findLayer(what, parent)
    }
    return false
  }

  function layer(layerName, parentLayerName)
  {
    if(document.getElementById) return document.getElementById(layerName)
    if(document.all) return document.all[layerName]
    if(document.layers){
      if(parentLayerName){
        return findLayer(layerName, eval(parentLayerName))
      }else{
        return findLayer(layerName, document.layers)
      }
    }
  }

  function showmess(text)
  {
    layer("content").innerHTML = text;
  }