var curSlide = 0;
var slides = 0;
var paths = new Array();
var urls = new Array();

function slideShow() 
{	
	next();
}

function next() 
{
	document.getElementById('imageLink').href = urls[curSlide];
	document.productImage.src = paths[curSlide];
	curSlide = (curSlide + 1) % slides;
	setTimeout("slideShow()", 3500);
}

function getCatImages(catId) {
	new Ajax.Request('/staticimages/add_category_slides',   {     
		method:'get',
		parameters: {cat: catId}, 
		onSuccess: function(transport){       
			var response = transport.responseText;
			var imagesArray = response.split("|");
			for(i = 0; i < imagesArray.length; i++) {
				var splitdata = imagesArray[i].split("^");
				paths[slides] = splitdata[0];
				urls[slides] = splitdata[1];
				slides ++;
				}
			slideShow();
		},     
		onFailure: function(){ alert('Unable to acquire slides.') }   });
}