menu_imgs_start = 1;
menu_imgs_end = 9;
menu_name_pre = 'menu_item';

menu_ext = ".gif";
menu_active = "_a";

menu_imgs = new Array(menu_imgs_end + 1);
menu_imgs_a = new Array(menu_imgs_end + 1);

for (x = menu_imgs_start; x <= menu_imgs_end; x++)
{
	menu_imgs[x] = new Image();
	eval('menu_imgs[x].src = "'+menu_pre+x+menu_ext+'"');

	menu_imgs_a[x] = new Image();
	eval('menu_imgs_a[x].src = "'+menu_pre+x+menu_active+menu_ext+'"');
}

function menu_over(item)
{
	eval('document.'+menu_name_pre+item+'.src="'+menu_pre+item+menu_active+menu_ext+'"');
}

function menu_out(item)
{
	eval('document.'+menu_name_pre+item+'.src="'+menu_pre+item+menu_ext+'"');
}