function preloadImages()
	{
				var d = document;
		
		if(d.images)
		{
			if(!d.bild_array)		// lazy evaluation
			{
				d.MM_p = new Array();
			}
			
  				var i,j = d.MM_p.length, a = preloadImages.arguments;
			
			for(i = 0; i<a.length; i++)
			{
  					if (a[i].indexOf("#") != 0)
				{
					d.MM_p[j] = new Image;
					d.MM_p[j++].src = a[i];
				}
			}
		}
	}