function select_menuitem(name, numberOfMenus,type) 
{

e = document.getElementById(name);
e_short= e.style.backgroundImage.substr(e.style.backgroundImage.length-22,21);


if (type==1)
{	
	if (e_short!='menuitem_selected.gif')	
	{
	e.style.backgroundImage='url(gfx/menuitem_over.gif)';
	}
}

if (type==2)
{	
	for (i = 1; i <= numberOfMenus; i++)
	{
		eTemp = document.getElementById('menuitem' + i);
		eTemp.style.backgroundImage='url(gfx/menuitem.gif)';	
	}
	e.style.backgroundImage='url(gfx/menuitem_selected.gif)';
}

if (type==3)
{		
	if (e_short!='menuitem_selected.gif')
	{			
		e.style.backgroundImage='url(gfx/menuitem.gif)';
	}	
}



}