// 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, 0, 0, mtDropDown.reference.bottomLeft);



		//==================================================================================================

		// create a dropdown menu

		//==================================================================================================

		// the first parameter should be the HTML element which will act actuator for the menu

		//==================================================================================================

		

		//Company profile menu

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

		menu1.addItem("Description", "company_description.html");

		menu1.addItem("History", "company_history.html");

		menu1.addItem("Distinctives", "company_distinctives.html");

		menu1.addItem("Mission Statement", "mission_statement.html");

		menu1.addItem("Performance History", "");
		
		menu1.addItem("Management", "company_management.html");

		

		//==================================================================================================



		//==================================================================================================

		// 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])

		//==================================================================================================

		

		//Performance history sub menu

		var subMenu1 = menu1.addMenu(menu1.items[4]);

		subMenu1.addItem("Rotary Wing", "rotary_wing.html");

		subMenu1.addItem("Fixed Wing", "fixed_wing.html");

		subMenu1.addItem("Government", "government.html");

		subMenu1.addItem("UAV", "uav.html");

		subMenu1.addItem("Engineering Support", "engineering_support.html");

		

		//Products and services menu

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

		menu2.addItem("Training Products","");

		menu2.addItem("Training Systems", "");

		menu2.addItem("Performance Support Systems", "");

		menu2.addItem("Engineering & Program Support", "program_support.html");

		menu2.addItem("Gallery", "gallery.html");
		

		//Training products sub menu

		var subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[0]);

		subMenu2.addItem("CBT", "cbt.html");    

    	subMenu2.addItem("Web Training", "wbt.html" );

    	subMenu2.addItem("Electronic Classrooms", "eclass.html");

    	

		//Training systems sub menu

		var subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[1]);

		subMenu2.addItem("Rotary Wing", "rotary_wing2.html");    

    	subMenu2.addItem("Fixed Wing", "fixed_wing2.html" );

    	subMenu2.addItem("UAV", "uav2.html");

		subMenu2.addItem("Government", "government2.html");

		

		//EPSS sub menu

		var subMenu2 = menu2.addMenu(menu2.items[2]);

		subMenu2.addItem("EPSS", "epss.html");

		subMenu2.addItem("IETMS", "ietm.html");

    


				

		//==================================================================================================

		// 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();

	}