/**
 * Custom inital load handler. Called when the carousel loads the initial
 * set of data items. Specified to the carousel as the configuration
 * parameter: loadInitHandler
 **/
var loadInitialItems = function(type, args) {

	var start = args[0];
	var last = args[1]; 

	load(this, start, last);	
};

/**
 * Custom load next handler. Called when the carousel loads the next
 * set of data items. Specified to the carousel as the configuration
 * parameter: loadNextHandler
 **/
var loadNextItems = function(type, args) {	

	var start = args[0];
	var last = args[1]; 
	var alreadyCached = args[2];
	
	if(!alreadyCached) {
		load(this, start, last);
	}
};

/**
 * Custom load previous handler. Called when the carousel loads the previous
 * set of data items. Specified to the carousel as the configuration
 * parameter: loadPrevHandler
 **/
var loadPrevItems = function(type, args) {
	var start = args[0];
	var last = args[1]; 
	var alreadyCached = args[2];
	
	if(!alreadyCached) {
		load(this, start, last);
	}
};

/**
 * To simulate out of synch loading, we load these items backwards.
 * This exercises the ability to load items out of sequence.
 */



/**
 * Custom button state handler for enabling/disabling button state. 
 * Called when the carousel has determined that the previous button
 * state should be changed.
 * Specified to the carousel as the configuration
 * parameter: prevButtonStateHandler
 **/
 var handlePrevButtonState = function(type, args) {

	var enabling = args[0];
	var leftImage = args[1];
	if(enabling) {
		leftImage.src = "images/bg-fleche-gauche00.gif";		
	} else {
		leftImage.src = "images/bg-blank.gif";	
	}
};

/**
 * Custom button state handler for enabling/disabling button state. 
 * Called when the carousel has determined that the next button
 * state should be changed.
 * Specified to the carousel as the configuration
 * parameter: nextButtonStateHandler
 **/
var handleNextButtonState = function(type, args) {
	var enabling = args[0];
	var rightImage = args[1];
	if(enabling) {
		rightImage.src = "images/bg-fleche-droite00.gif";	
	} else {
		rightImage.src = "images/bg-blank.gif";
	}
};

/**
 * You must create the carousel after the page is loaded since it is
 * dependent on an HTML element (in this case 'dhtml-carousel'.) See the
 * HTML code below.
 **/