function getQuantity() {
  if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return false;
  if (!document.getElementById) return false;
  if (!document.getElementById("publication-list")) return false;
  var publist = document.getElementById("publication-list");
  var links = publist.getElementsByTagName("a");
  for (var i=0; i<links.length; i++) {
    links[i].onclick = function() {
      makeQtyDiv(this);
      return false;
    }
  }
}

function makeQtyDiv(x) {
  var thisid = x.id;
  var oLink = document.getElementById(thisid);
  var xpos = findPosX(oLink);
  var ypos = findPosY(oLink);

  var makeqty = document.createElement("div");
  makeqty.setAttribute("id","qty");
  oLink.appendChild(makeqty);
  var elem = document.getElementById("qty");
  elem.style.height = "1px";
  elem.style.width = "150px";
  scrollOutQty();
}

function scrollOutQty() {
  var elem = document.getElementById("qty");
  var h = parseInt(elem.style.height);
  if(h==50) {
    return true;
  }
  if(h < 50) {
    h = h+2;
  }
  elem.style.height = h + "px";
  movement = setTimeout("scrollOutQty()",0.1);
}

  function findPosX(obj)
  {
    var curleft = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1)
        {
          curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.x)
        curleft += obj.x;
    return curleft;
  }

  function findPosY(obj)
  {
    var curtop = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1)
        {
          curtop += obj.offsetTop;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.y)
        curtop += obj.y;
    return curtop;
  }