sniffBrowsers();
var menuItemBullet = new bulletPoint("mcdrt/app/view/images/menu_off.gif", "mcdrt/app/view/images/menu_on.gif");
var labelBullet = new bulletPoint( "mcdrt/app/view/images/header_off.gif","mcdrt/app/view/images/header_on.gif");

var menuItemBullet2 = new bulletPoint("mcdrt/app/view/images/menu_off2.gif","mcdrt/app/view/images/menu_on.gif");
var labelBullet2 = new bulletPoint("mcdrt/app/view/images/header_off2.gif","mcdrt/app/view/images/header_on.gif");

//variables for storing menus and generating unique menu ids
var eventMenus = new Array();
var eventMenuItems = new Array();
var categoryMenus = new Array();
var catMenuItems = new Array();
var eventMenuNo = 0;
var catMenuNo = 0;

var menuHeight = 12;
var eventMenuWidth = 128;
var eventMenuLightColor =  '#ffcccc';
var eventMenuDarkColor = '#990000';
var pageMenuWidth = 160;
var pageMenuLightColor = '#ffffff';
var pageMenuDarkColor = '#444444';

//variable for generating unique bar collapse ids
var collapseNo = 0;