var DHTML = (document.getElementById || document.all || document.layers);
    function ap_getObj(name) {
      if (document.getElementById) {
        return document.getElementById(name).style;
      } else if (document.all) {
        return document.all[name].style;
      } else if (document.layers) {
        return document.layers[name];
      }
    }
    function ap_showWaitMessage(div,flag)  {
      if (!DHTML)
        return;
      var x = ap_getObj(div);
      x.visibility = (flag) ? 'visible':'hidden'
      if(! document.getElementById)
        if(document.layers)
          x.left=280/2;
//      return true;
    }
    ap_showWaitMessage('waitDiv', 1);