// the argument needs to be the object name
			// example: var x = new Calendar("x");
			var cal = new Calendar("cal");	

			cal.beginMonday 		= false; // begin week with Sun or Mon
			cal.longDays			= new Array( "S", "M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S" );
			cal.longMonths			= new Array( "Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec" );
			cal.displayDeadText 	= false; // display prev/ next month events
			cal.displayDeadNumber 	= false; // display prev/ next month days
			cal.displayMonthCombo 	= true;  // display month selector
			cal.displayYearCombo 	= true;	 // display year selector
			cal.todayText			= "";

			cal.cellWidth  = 20;		 // width of weekday columns and dates
			cal.cellHeight = 0;  		 // height of date cells 

			cal.clrDead		= "#F9EFE3"	//"#f2f5ff"	//"#B0BFAf";	// background color- unused this month
			cal.clrNow		= "#ffffa0";	// background color- the current date
			cal.clrPast		= "#fffff8"	//"#CFD8CB";	// background color- previous dates
			cal.clrFuture	= "#ffffff";	// background color- future dates
			cal.clrWeekend	= "#9dc0f0"	//"#93A88A";	// background color- weekend dates
			cal.clrBorder	= "#D99848"//"#3868a0";	// border color of calendar
			cal.clrHdrBg    = "#F9EFE3"	//"#9dc0f0"	//"#8DAF8F";	// header background color (mon, tues...)   
			cal.clrHdrText	= "#000000";	// header text color
			cal.clrCellText = "#800000";	// event text color

			var szFont = "Verdana,Comic Sans MS, Arial, Helvetica, Sans Serif";
			cal.hdrFace	= szFont;
			cal.hdrSize	= "1";
			cal.numFace	= szFont;
			cal.numSize	= "1";
			cal.cellFace	= szFont;
			cal.cellSize	= "1";

			//cal.createDateSelect();
			cal.CreateDropDown('1' ,'2004');