var scrollDistance = 0;

function startScrollDetector() {
setInterval("scrollDetector()", 100);
}

function scrollDetector() {
//start_polling_int = setInterval("scrollDetector()", 500);

var elemColRight = document.getElementById('col-right');

if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer") {
	var scrollDistance = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
	}
	else {
	var scrollDistance = window.pageYOffset;
	}
	
if (scrollDistance > 225) {
	elemColRight.style.position = "fixed";
	elemColRight.style.top = "20px";
	elemColRight.style.left = "788px";
	//alert ("You've scrolled past " + window.pageYOffset + " pixels.");
	//window.closeInterval(start_polling_int);
	//closeInterval(start_polling_int);
	}
	else {
	elemColRight.style.position = "static";
	}
return true;
}




//function findPos(obj) {
//	var curleft = curtop = 0;
//	if (obj.offsetParent) {
//		curleft = obj.offsetLeft
//		curtop = obj.offsetTop
//		while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
//			curleft += obj.offsetLeft
//			curtop += obj.offsetTop
//		}
//	}
//	return [curleft,curtop];
//}

//function getCoords() {
//var elemToFind = document.getElementById('col-right');
//var elemCoords = findPos(elemToFind);
// use elemCoords[0] for x, elemCoords[0] for y
// eg: alert(elemCoords[0]);
//}
