//maximize screen & reset window
   var maxWidth  = screen.availWidth;
   var maxHeight = screen.availHeight;

   window.moveTo(0,0);
   window.resizeTo(maxWidth,maxHeight);
/*
   //preload all required images

   var myImage = new Array();
   var myArray = new Array(

   "images/navigation1/behandlungen.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/behandlungen_hover.gif",
   "images/navigation1/behandlungen_hover_out.gif",
   "images/navigation1/behandlungen_selected.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/home.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/home_hover.gif",
   "images/navigation1/home_hover_out.gif",
   "images/navigation1/home_selected.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/impressum.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/impressum_hover.gif",
   "images/navigation1/impressum_hover_out.gif",
   "images/navigation1/impressum_selected.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/kontakt.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/kontakt_hover.gif",
   "images/navigation1/kontakt_hover_out.gif",
   "images/navigation1/kontakt_selected.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/links.jpg",
   "images/navigation1/links_hover.gif",
   "images/navigation1/links_hover_out.gif",
   "images/navigation1/links_selected.jpg",

   "images/backgrounds/image1.jpg",
   "images/backgrounds/image2.jpg",
   "images/backgrounds/image3.jpg",
   "images/backgrounds/image4.jpg",
   "images/backgrounds/image5.jpg",

   "images/screen/left_bg.gif",
   "images/screen/logo.gif",
   "images/screen/title_bar_bg.gif",
   "images/screen/title_bar_bg2.gif"

   );

    //the preloading-functionality
    function preload(i) {

        myImage[i]     = new Image();
        myImage[i].src = myArray[i];

        window.status  = 'preloading images - ' + parseInt(100*(i+1)/myArray.length) + ' % done (' + (i+1) + ' of ' + myArray.length + ')';

        if (i+1 == myArray.length) {

            window.clearInterval(preloading);
            window.status  = 'preloading images - completed.';

        } //endif

    } //endfunction

    i = -1;

    //launch the preloading-cycle frequently
    preloading = window.setInterval("i++, preload(i)", 10);
*/