// set up drop downs anywhere in the body of the page. I think the bottom of the page is better.. 
	// but you can experiment with effect on loadtime.
	if (mtDropDown.isSupported()) {

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a set of dropdowns
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first param should always be down, as it is here
		//
		// The second and third param are the top and left offset positions of the menus from their actuators
		// respectively. To make a menu appear a little to the left and bottom of an actuator, you could use
		// something like -5, 5
		//
		// The last parameter can be .topLeft, .bottomLeft, .topRight, or .bottomRight to inidicate the corner
		// of the actuator from which to measure the offset positions above. Here we are saying we want the 
		// menu to appear directly below the bottom left corner of the actuator
		//==================================================================================================
		var ms = new mtDropDownSet(mtDropDown.direction.down, 4, -4, mtDropDown.reference.topRight);

		//==================================================================================================
		// create a dropdown menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu
		//==================================================================================================
		
		//==================================================================================================
		// add a sub-menu
		//==================================================================================================
		// to add a sub menu to an existing menu object, call it's addMenu method and pass it the item from
		// the parent menu which should act as it's actuator. To add a submenu to the fourth item of a menu
		// called "theMenu", you would do theMenu.addMenu(theMenu.items[3])
		//==================================================================================================
		
		
		//var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		//menu1.addItem("Technologies", "/unternehmen/?cont=technologien&language=en");
		//menu1.addItem("History", "/unternehmen/?cont=geschichte&language=en");
		//menu1.addItem("Quality", "/unternehmen/?cont=qualitaet&language=en");
		//menu1.addItem("Customers", "/unternehmen/?cont=kunden&language=en");
		//menu1.addItem("Our Team", "/unternehmen/?cont=mitarbeiter&language=en");	



		var menu1 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu1"));
		

		menu1.addItem("EVK Elektronisch Visualisieren Klassifizieren", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=89");


		menu1.addItem("History", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=60");


		menu1.addItem("Innovations on demand", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=73");


		menu1.addItem("Links", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=86");


		menu1.addItem("Our Team", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=58");


		menu1.addItem("Publications", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=93");


		menu1.addItem("Quality", "/unternehmen/?language=en&ID=61");




		var menu2 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu2"));
		

		menu2.addItem("analogue & digital circuitry", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=40");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("Finite Element Method (FEM)", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=71");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("FPGA design & DSP programming", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=49");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("Hyperspectral Imaging", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=91");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("methods for industrial image processing in real time", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=51");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("optics & light sources", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=50");
/*		

*/

		menu2.addItem("Publications", "/technologien/?language=en&ID=67");
/*		

*/



		var menu3 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu3"));
		

		menu3.addItem("Chemical Imaging Systems", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=47");

/*
*/	


		menu3.addItem("Colour line sensor systems", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=36");

/*
*/	


		menu3.addItem("Combined sensor systems (sensor fusion)", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=78");

/*
*/	


		menu3.addItem("Controlling of actuators (valves)", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=46");

/*
*/	


		menu3.addItem("Metal detectors", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=37");

/*
*/	


		menu3.addItem("MMI (Man Machine Interface)", "/produkte/?language=en&ID=85");

/*
*/	



		var menu4 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu4"));
		

		menu4.addItem("Food sorting and grading", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=42");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("Mining", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=69");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("Recycling of electronic waste", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=77");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("recycling of glass", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=38");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("recycling of metals", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=43");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("recycling of paper", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=76");
/*	
*/


		menu4.addItem("recycling of plastics", "/anwendungen/?language=en&ID=39");
/*	
*/


		
		var menu5 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu5"));
		menu5.addItem("News", "/aktuell/?language=en");
		menu5.addItem("Archive", "/aktuell/archive.php?language=en");
		menu5.addItem("Jobs", "/jobs/?language=en");		
		
		//var menu6 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu6"));
		//menu6.addItem("Downloads", "/downloads/?language=en");
		
		//var menu7 = ms.addMenu(document.getElementById("menu7"));
		//menu7.addItem("Contact", "/kontakt/?language=en");

		//==================================================================================================
		// write drop downs into page
		//==================================================================================================
		// this method writes all the HTML for the menus into the page with document.write(). It must be
		// called within the body of the HTML page.
		//==================================================================================================
		mtDropDown.renderAll();
	}