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  <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" 
      "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
  
  <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
  <head>
      <title>Cross-browser Image Rollover</title>
  </head>
  <body>
      <img src="x.gif" />
      
      <script type="text/javascript">
      function image_eventHandler(evt) {
          
          var elementTarget;
          var eventType;
          if (window.event) { //The browser is IE
              elementTarget = window.event.srcElement;
              eventType = window.event.type;
          } else { //The browser is non-IE
              elementTarget = evt.target;
              eventType = evt.type;
          }
              
          if (eventType == "mouseover") { //The mouse rolled over the image.
              elementTarget.src = "o.gif"; //So change the image's src property.
          }
          
          if (eventType == "mouseout") { //The mouse moved out.
              elementTarget.src = "x.gif"; //So change it back to the original.
          }
      }
      
      
      document.images[0].onmouseover = image_eventHandler;
      document.images[0].onmouseout = image_eventHandler;
      </script>
  </body>
  </html>
  


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