var NS4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
var IE4 = (document.all) ? true : false;

function makeElement(id, boxX, boxY, boxWidth, boxBg, boxColor, boxCode) {
  var padding = (NS4) ? '' : 'padding: 3 3 3 3;';
  document.write(
    '<STYLE TYPE="text/css">',
    '#', id, 'box {',
      'position: absolute;',
      'left: ', boxX, '; top: ',boxY , ';', 
      'width: ', boxWidth, ';',
      'layer-background-color: ', boxBg, ';',
      'background-color: ', boxBg, ';',
      'border-width: 1;', 
      'border-style: solid;',
      'border-color: ', boxColor, ';',
      padding,
      'z-index: 1',
    '}',
    '</STYLE>',
    '<DIV ID="', id, 'box">',
    boxCode,
    '</DIV>'
  );
}

function styleEnabled() {return ((NS4 && document.test) || IE4);}