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/*
source: http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bobosola/pnginfo.htm
*/



function fixPNG(myImage) 
{
    var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE");
    var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1]);
    if ((version >= 5.5) && (version < 7) && (document.body.filters)) 
    {
       var imgID = (myImage.id) ? "id='" + myImage.id + "' " : "";
	   var imgClass = (myImage.className) ? "class='" + myImage.className + "' " : "";
	   var imgTitle = (myImage.title) ? 
		             "title='" + myImage.title  + "' " : "title='" + myImage.alt + "' ";
	   var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + myImage.style.cssText;
	   var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
                  + " style=\"" + "width:" + myImage.width 
                  + "px; height:" + myImage.height 
                  + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
                  + "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
                  + "(src=\'" + myImage.src + "\', sizingMethod='scale');\"></span>";
	   myImage.outerHTML = strNewHTML;
    }
}

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function fixAllPngImages() {
    var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE");
    var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1]);
  if ((version >= 5.5) && (version < 7) && (document.body.filters)) {
    for (var i = 0; i < document.images.length; i++) {
      var img = document.images[i];
      if (img.src.substring(img.src.length - 4) == '.png') {
        fixPNG(img);

        /* now there is one image less in the document, variable i has to be corrected accordingly */
        i--;
      }
    }
  }
}


fixAllPngImages();