function preloadImages() 

{
     // counter
     var i = 0;
     // create object
     imageObj1 = new Image();
     imageObj2 = new Image();
     imageObj3 = new Image();
     imageObj4 = new Image();
     imageObj5 = new Image();
     imageObj6 = new Image();
     imageObj7 = new Image();
     imageObj8 = new Image();
     imageObj9 = new Image();
     imageObj10 = new Image();
     // start preloading
//     for(i=1; i<=10; i++) 
 //    {
          imageObj1.src=thefolder+"l1.jpg";
          imageObj2.src=thefolder+"l2.jpg";
          imageObj3.src=thefolder+"l3.jpg";
          imageObj4.src=thefolder+"l4.jpg";
          imageObj5.src=thefolder+"l5.jpg";
          imageObj6.src=thefolder+"l6.jpg";
          imageObj7.src=thefolder+"l7.jpg";
          imageObj8.src=thefolder+"l8.jpg";
          imageObj9.src=thefolder+"l9.jpg";
          imageObj10.src=thefolder+"l10.jpg";
//          imageObj.src=thefolder+"l"+i+".jpg";
//	}

}