function showmenu(e, which, optWidth){
if (!document.all&&!document.getElementById)
return
clearhidemenu()
menuobj=ie5? document.all.popitmenu : document.getElementById("popitmenu")
menuobj.innerHTML=which
menuobj.style.width=(typeof optWidth!="undefined")? optWidth : defaultMenuWidth
menuobj.contentwidth=menuobj.offsetWidth
menuobj.contentheight=menuobj.offsetHeight
eventX=ie5? event.clientX : e.clientX
eventY=ie5? event.clientY : e.clientY
//Find out how close the mouse is to the corner of the window
var rightedge=ie5? iecompattest().clientWidth-eventX : window.innerWidth-eventX
var bottomedge=ie5? iecompattest().clientHeight-eventY : window.innerHeight-eventY
//if the horizontal distance isn't enough to accomodate the width of the context menu
if (rightedge<menuobj.contentwidth)
//move the horizontal position of the menu to the left by it's width
menuobj.style.left=ie5? iecompattest().scrollLeft+eventX-menuobj.contentwidth+"px" : window.pageXOffset+eventX-menuobj.contentwidth+"px"
else
//position the horizontal position of the menu where the mouse was clicked
menuobj.style.left=ie5? iecompattest().scrollLeft+eventX+"px" : window.pageXOffset+eventX+"px"
//same concept with the vertical position
if (bottomedge<menuobj.contentheight)
menuobj.style.top=ie5? iecompattest().scrollTop+eventY-menuobj.contentheight+"px" : window.pageYOffset+eventY-menuobj.contentheight+"px"
else
menuobj.style.top=ie5? iecompattest().scrollTop+event.clientY+"px" : window.pageYOffset+eventY+"px"
menuobj.style.visibility="visible"
return false
}




/*
var anylinkmenu2={divclass:'anylinkmenu', inlinestyle:'width:150px; background:#FDD271', linktarget:'_new'} //Second menu variable. Same precaution.
anylinkmenu2.items=[
	["CNN", "http://www.cnn.com/"],
	["MSNBC", "http://www.msnbc.com/"],
	["Google", "http://www.google.com/"],
	["BBC News", "http://news.bbc.co.uk"] //no comma following last entry!
]



var anylinkmenu3={divclass:'anylinkmenucols', inlinestyle:'', linktarget:'secwin'} //Third menu variable. Same precaution.
anylinkmenu3.cols={divclass:'column', inlinestyle:''} //menu.cols if defined creates columns of menu links segmented by keyword "efc"
anylinkmenu3.items=[
	["Dynamic Drive", "http://www.dynamicdrive.com/"],
	["CSS Drive", "http://www.cssdrive.com/"],
	["JavaScript Kit", "http://www.javascriptkit.com/"],
	["Coding Forums", "http://www.codingforums.com/"],
	["JavaScript Reference", "http://www.javascriptkit.com/jsref/", "efc"],
	["CNN", "http://www.cnn.com/"],
	["MSNBC", "http://www.msnbc.com/"],
	["Google", "http://www.google.com/"],
	["BBC News", "http://news.bbc.co.uk", "efc"],
	["News.com", "http://www.news.com/"],
	["SlashDot", "http://www.slashdot.com/"],
	["Digg", "http://www.digg.com/"],
	["Tech Crunch", "http://techcrunch.com"] //no comma following last entry!
]*/