function startList(varMenuName)
{
if (document.all&&document.getElementById)
	{
	navRoot = document.getElementById(varMenuName);
		
	if (navRoot == null)
		{
		alert('menu not found');
		return;
		}
	/* get ALL the LI nodes */
			
	var objChild;
	objChild = navRoot.getElementsByTagName("li")
		
	for (i=0; i <objChild.length; i++)
		{
		node=objChild[i];
		if (node.nodeName=="LI")
			{
			node.onmouseover=function() {this.className+=" over"; window.status='';}
			node.onmouseout=function() {this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");window.status=''}
			}
		}

	}
}