lastExistingLanguage = 2
	existingLanguages = new Array
	existingLanguages[0] = 'deu'
	existingLanguages[1] = 'fra'
	existingLanguages[lastExistingLanguage] = 'eng'

    lastMenuNbr = 10
	
	menuItem_deu = new Array
	menuItem_deu[1] = "Portrait"
	menuItem_deu[2] = "Bücher"
	menuItem_deu[3] = "Fernsehen, Film, Theater & Setdesign"
	menuItem_deu[4] = "Kleiderkollektionen 1994-2004"
	menuItem_deu[5] = "Konzepte, Design & Corporate Fashion"
	menuItem_deu[6] = "Lichtkörper-Objekte"
	menuItem_deu[7] = "Kunst"
	menuItem_deu[8] = "Pressestimmen"
	menuItem_deu[9] = "Kontakt"
	menuItem_deu[lastMenuNbr] = "Links"
	
<!--- submenu not used here -->	
  lastSubMenuNbr = 2
	menuSubItem_deu = new Array
//	menuSubItem_deu[1] = "Pressestimmen"
	menuSubItem_deu[1] = "Blog"
	menuSubItem_deu[lastSubMenuNbr] = "Presse Echo"
	
	menuItem_fra = new Array
	menuItem_fra[1] = "Histoire"
	menuItem_fra[2] = "Objects de lumiere"
	menuItem_fra[3] = "Art"
	menuItem_fra[4] = "TV, Film, Theatre, Styling"
	menuItem_fra[5] = "Collection de mode"
	menuItem_fra[6] = "Concept, Design et Corporate Fashion"
	menuItem_fra[7] = "La Presse"
	menuItem_fra[8] = "Contact"
	menuItem_fra[lastMenuNbr] = "Links"

	menuSubItem_fra = new Array
	menuSubItem_fra[1] = " "		
	menuSubItem_fra[lastSubMenuNbr] = " "		

    menuItem_eng = new Array
	menuItem_eng[1] = "History"
	menuItem_eng[2] = "Objects of Light"
	menuItem_eng[3] = "Art"
	menuItem_eng[4] = "TV, Movie, Theatre, Styling"
	menuItem_eng[5] = "Fashion Design"
	menuItem_eng[6] = "Conceipts, Design & Corporate Fashion"
	menuItem_eng[7] = "Press"
	menuItem_eng[8] = "Contact"
	menuItem_eng[lastMenuNbr] = "Links"

	menuSubItem_eng = new Array
	menuSubItem_eng[1] = " "		
	menuSubItem_eng[lastSubMenuNbr] = " "		
	
	menuURLEnding = ".html"
	
	menuItemUrl = new Array
	menuItemUrl[1] = "story"
	menuItemUrl[2] = "buch"
	menuItemUrl[6] = "light"
	menuItemUrl[7] = "art"
	menuItemUrl[3] = "styling"
	menuItemUrl[4] = "fotos"
	menuItemUrl[5] = "corporateLink"
	menuItemUrl[8] = "press"	
	menuItemUrl[9] = "contacts"
	menuItemUrl[lastMenuNbr] = "links"
	
	menuSubItemUrl = new Array
//	 menuSubItemUrl[1] = "blog"	
//	 menuSubItemUrl[lastSubMenuNbr] = "pressestimmen"	

    function doSubmenu(nbr){
//	alert(nbr);
		if(nbr == 2){
			if (document.all) {
			    eval('document.all.SubMenu2').style.visibility = 'visible'
	//				eval('document.all.SubMenu3').style.visibility = 'hidden'
			}
			else {
			    eval('document.all.SubMenu2').style.visibility = 'visible'
//				eval("document.layers['SubMenu2']").visibility = 'show'	
	//			eval("document.layers['SubMenu3']").visibility = 'hide'	
			}		
		}
		else if(nbr == 5 ){
			if (document.all) {
			    eval('document.all.SubMenu3').style.visibility = 'visible'
	//				eval('document.all.SubMenu4').style.visibility = 'hidden'
			}
			else {
				eval("document.layers['SubMenu3']").visibility = 'visible'	
	//			eval("document.layers['SubMenu4']").visibility = 'hide'	
			}
	  } 	
		else{
			if (document.all) {
			    eval('document.all.SubMenu2').style.visibility = 'hidden'
//					eval('document.all.SubMenu4').style.visibility = 'hidden'
			}
			else {
			//alert(nbr);
				eval("document.layers['SubMenu2']").visibility = 'hidden'	
			}			
	  } 			
	}

    function removeExtention(url){
	   extpos = url.indexOf(".htm");
	   if (extpos > -1)
   	     url = url.substring(0,extpos);
	   for (i=0;i<lastExistingLanguage+1;i++){
	     h0 = '_'+existingLanguages[i];
		 h1 = url.indexOf(h0);
         if (h1 != -1 ){
	       return (url.substring(0,h1));
	     }
	   } 
	   return url;
    }
	// the following pages are language-independent (except for the menu)
	function getLangExtention(index, lng){
	   if (lng == defLanguage)    // no extention for default language
	     return "";
	   if (index == lastMenuNbr)
	     return "";
	   if (index == 8)
	     return "";
	   if (index == 7)
	     return "";
	   if (index == 4)
	     return "";
	   return '_'+lng;		 
	}
	
	function thismenu(filename,mylocation){	
  //	  alert('1 '+filename+' subitemurlnbr= '+lastSubMenuNbr); 
  	  lang = checkLanguage();
	  // menu
	  
	  sublangext = getLangExtention(i,lang);

menName = '<div id='+'"'+'SubMenu2'+'"'+'>';
	  towrite = "";
	  for(var i = 1;i < lastSubMenuNbr+1; i++ ){
		  help1 = menuSubItemUrl[i]; 
		  help1 +=  sublangext+menuURLEnding;
	//	  alert('i= '+i+' menu, help1= '+help1);
      	  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_top'+'"'+' class='+'"'+'amenu'+'"'+'>';
		// alert('menu, menUrl= '+menUrl);	  
		  hel = eval('menuSubItem_'+lang+'['+i+']');
		//  alert('menu, hel= '+hel);	  
//		  menItem = '<em>'+hel+'</em></a>  ';
		  menItem = hel+'</a>  ';
		  towrite += menUrl+menItem;
//		  alert("submenues: "+towrite);
	  }	
	  
	// aktivieren für submenüs  
//	  towrite = menName + towrite +'</div>';
//	  alert("towrite: "+towrite);
  
  //   document.write(towrite);	   
//ende aktivieren für submenus
		
/*	  menName = '<div id='+'"'+'SubMenu2'+'"'+'>';
	  towrite = "";
	  for(var i = 1;i < lastSubMenu2Nbr+1; i++ ){
		  help1 = menuSubItem2Url[i]; 
		  help1 +=  sublangext+menuURLEnding;
      menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_top'+'"'+'>';
		//  alert('menu, menUrl= '+menUrl);	  
		  hel = eval('menuSubItem2_'+lang+'['+i+']');
		  menItem = '<em>'+hel+'</em></a><br><br>';
		  towrite += menUrl+menItem;
	  }		  
	  towrite = menName + towrite +'</div>';
		
    alert(towrite+", "+lastSubMenu2Nbr);
    document.write(towrite);	   
*/		

	  for(var i = 1;i < lastMenuNbr+1; i++ ){
	      langext = getLangExtention(i,lang);
		  menName = '<div id='+'"'+'Menu'+i+'"'+'>';
		  help1 = menuItemUrl[i]; 
		  help1 +=  langext+menuURLEnding;
          menUrl =  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_top'+'"'+'onMouseOver='+'"'+' doSubmenu('+i+')"'+'>';
	//	  alert('menu, menUrl= '+menUrl);	  
  /*
         if(i == 2)
		    menUrl =  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_blank'+'"'+'>';
		  else
		    menUrl =  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_top'+'"'+'>';
	*/	   	
	//	  alert('menu, menUrl= '+menUrl);	  
		  hel = eval('menuItem_'+lang+'['+i+']');
		  menItem = '<em>'+hel+'</em></a></div>';
		  towrite = menName+menUrl+menItem;
	//	  alert('menu, towrite= '+towrite);
  	      document.write(towrite);	   
	  }

	  // logo
	  help1 =  "contents"+langext+menuURLEnding;
	  menName = '<div id='+'"'+'Logo'+'"'+'>';
	  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+help1+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_self'+'"'+'>';
	  menImg = '<img src='+'"'+'images/matilesign.gif'+'"'+' border='+'"'+'0'+'"'+' alt='+'"'+'erica matile'+'"'+'>'  
	  menStop = '</a></div>';
	  towrite = menName+menUrl+menImg+menStop;
  //	 alert('3 '+towrite); 	  	  
      document.write(towrite);
	  // languages
	  help = location.href;
	//   alert('location.href: '+help);
	  h5 = help.substring(help.length-1,help.length); 
	//  alert('h5: '+h5+'len='+help.length);
	  if(h5.indexOf('/') > -1 )
	    help += filename;
	  help = removeExtention(help);
	//  alert('3 help: '+help);
      for (var i=0;i<lastExistingLanguage+1;i++){
		  menName = '<div id='+'"'+'Lang'+existingLanguages[i]+'"'+'>';
		  help1 =  help + langext+menuURLEnding;  
		  menUrl = '<a href='+'"'+'javascript:chooseLanguage('+"'"+help1+"'"+','+"'"+existingLanguages[i]+"'"+','+"'"+mylocation+"'"+');'+'"'+' target='+'"'+'_self'+'"'+'>';
	//	  alert('languages, menUrl= '+menUrl);
		  menImg = '<img src='+'"'+'images/'+existingLanguages[i]+'.gif'+'"'+' border='+'"'+'0'+'"'+' alt='+'"'+existingLanguages[i]+'"'+'>'  
		  menStop = '</a></div>';
		  towrite = menName+menUrl+menImg+menStop;
		  document.write(towrite);	    		  
	  }	  	  	  
	}