var arrowimages={down:['downarrowclass', 'images/down.gif', 23], right:['rightarrowclass', 'images/right.gif']}

var jqueryslidemenu={

animateduration: {over: 500, out: 500},

buildmenu:function(menuid, arrowsvar, type){
  jQuery(document).ready(function($){
    var $mainmenu=$("#"+menuid+">ul")
    var $headers=$mainmenu.find("ul").parent()
    $headers.each(function(i){
      var $curobj=$(this)
      var $subul=$(this).find('ul:eq(0)')
      this._dimensions={w:this.offsetWidth, h:this.offsetHeight, subulw:$subul.outerWidth(), subulh:$subul.outerHeight()}
      this.istopheader=$curobj.parents("ul").length==1? true : false
      $subul.css({left:this.istopheader? this._dimensions.w+"px" : 0})


      if (type==2)
      {
        $curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: "10"} : {}).append(
          '<img src="'+ (arrowsvar.right[1])
          +'" class="' + (arrowsvar.right[0])
          + '" style="border:0;" vspace="3" />'
        )
      }
      else
      {
        $curobj.children("a:eq(0)").css(this.istopheader? {paddingRight: arrowsvar.down[2]} : {}).append(
        '<img src="'+ (this.istopheader? arrowsvar.down[1] : arrowsvar.right[1])
        +'" class="' + (this.istopheader? arrowsvar.down[0] : arrowsvar.right[0])
        + '" style="border:0;" />'
        )
      }


      $curobj.hover(
        function(e){
          var $lala=$(this)
          var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
          this._offsets={left:$(this).offset().left, top:$(this).offset().top}

          $lala.css({})

          if (type==2)
          {
          var menuleft=this._dimensions.w
          $targetul.css({top:"0px"})
          }
          else
          {
          var menuleft=this.istopheader? 0 : this._dimensions.w
          }

          menuleft=(this._offsets.left+menuleft+this._dimensions.subulw>$(window).width())? (this.istopheader? -this._dimensions.subulw+this._dimensions.w : -this._dimensions.w) : menuleft
          $targetul.css({left:menuleft+"px",width:this._dimensions.subulw+'px'}).slideDown(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.over)

        },
        function(e){

          var $targetul=$(this).children("ul:eq(0)")
          $targetul.slideUp(jqueryslidemenu.animateduration.out)
        }
      )
    })
    $mainmenu.find("ul").css({display:'none', visibility:'visible'})
  })
}
}