function beginRequest()
{
  stopTimer();
}

function startTimer()
{
  timer._startTimer();
}

function stopTimer()
{
  timer._stopTimer();
}    

function showUpdatingImage()
{
  var spnUpdating = document.getElementById('spnUpdating');
  var spnUpdating2 = document.getElementById('spnUpdating2');

  document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';

  if (spnUpdating)
  {
    document.getElementById('spnUpdating').style.display = "";
    setTimeout('document.images["imgUpdating"].src="images/countdowndots.gif"', 200);
  }

  if (spnUpdating2)
  {
    document.getElementById('spnUpdating2').style.display = "";
    setTimeout('document.images["imgUpdating2"].src="images/countdowndots.gif"', 200);
  }
}