function newImage(arg) {
        if (document.images) {
                rslt = new Image();
                rslt.src = arg;
                return rslt;
        }
}

function changeImages() {
        if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) {
                for (var i=0; i<changeImages.arguments.length; i+=2) {
                        document[changeImages.arguments[i]].src = changeImages.arguments[i+1];
                }
        }
}

var preloadFlag = false;
function preloadImages() {
        if (document.images) {
                        home_button_01_over = newImage("images/home_button_01-over.gif");
                home_button_01_down = newImage("images/home_button_01-down.gif");
                ueber_uns_button_01_over = newImage("images/ueber_uns_button_01-over.gif");
                ueber_uns_button_01_down = newImage("images/ueber_uns_button_01-down.gif");
                damen_button_01_over = newImage("images/damen_button_01-over.gif");
                damen_button_01_down = newImage("images/damen_button_01-down.gif");
newImage("images/herren_button_01-over.gif");
                herren_button_01_down = newImage("images/herren_button_01-down.gif");
                kinder_button_01_over = newImage("images/kinder_button_01-over.gif");
                kinder_button_01_down = newImage("images/kinder_button_01-down.gif");
                                mail_button_01_over = newImage("images/mail_button_01-over.gif");
                mail_button_01_down = newImage("images/mail_button_01-down.gif");
                komfort_button_01_over = newImage("images/komfort_button_01-over.gif");
                komfort_button_01_down = newImage("images/komfort_button_01-down.gif");
                orthop_button_01_over = newImage("images/orthop_button_01-over.gif");
                orthop_button_01_down = newImage("images/orthop_button_01-down.gif");
                sport_button_01_over = newImage("images/sport_button_01-over.gif");
                sport_button_01_down = newImage("images/sport_button_01-down.gif");
                preloadFlag = true;
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}