var imgPath = "../images/";
    var imgPics = new Array;

    imgPics[0] = new Array("menu_1.gif",190,20);
    imgPics[1] = new Array("menu_2.gif",190,1);
    imgPics[2] = new Array("menu_3.gif",1,2);
    imgPics[3] = new Array("menu_4.gif",190,20);
    imgPics[4] = new Array("menu_5.gif",143,1);
    imgPics[5] = new Array("menu_6.gif",10,23);
    imgPics[6] = new Array("logo_red.jpg",750,100);
 
    var myPics = preloadImages(imgPath,imgPics);

    function preloadImages(path,pics) {

        var images = new Array;

        for (var picNum=0; picNum<pics.length; picNum++)
            {
            images[picNum] = new Image(pics[picNum][1],pics[picNum][2]);
            images[picNum].src = (path + pics[picNum][0]);
            }

        return (images);
    }