function show_products(delaytime, params){
	do_flash(delaytime, params, 'assets/_xml/products.da', "flash_container", "skins/obs3/flash/rotate.swf");
};

function show_rewards(delaytime){
	do_flash(delaytime, 'product=12', 'assets/_xml/products.da', "flash_container", "skins/obs3/flash/rotate.swf");
};

function show_trends(trendIndex,totalTrends){
	var trendSlides = "#slide" + trendIndex;
	var trendActive = "#fashion_trend" + trendIndex;
	
	for (i=0;i <= totalTrends;i++) {
		var loopTrendSlide = "#slide" + i;
		var loopTrendActive = "#fashion_trend" + i;
		$(loopTrendSlide).hide();
		$(loopTrendActive).hide();
	}
	$(trendSlides).show();
	$(trendActive).show();
};

function show_openings(){
	do_flash(3000, '', 'assets/_xml/grand_openings.da', "grand_openings_flash", "skins/obs3/flash/img2_rotate.swf");
}

function do_flash(delaytime, params, whichxml, whichcontainer, whichflash){
	// console.log("doing the flash");
	var swf = whichflash;
	var id = whichcontainer;
	var width = "414";
	var height = "410";
	var version = "8";
	var expressInstallSwfurl = "public/flash/expressInstall.swf";
	var flashvars = {
		'delayTime' : delaytime,
		'img1URL' : whichxml + '?' + params,
		'flvURL': whichxml
	};
	var params = {
		'wmode': 'opaque',
		'bgcolor': 'white'
	};
	var attributes = {};
	
	swfobject.embedSWF(swf, id, width, height, version, expressInstallSwfurl, flashvars, params, attributes);          

	// need something here to "tickle" firefox. make resize or something similar.
	var tickid = "#" + whichcontainer;
	$(tickid).hide();
	$(tickid).show();
};