function new_freecap() {
          	// loads new freeCap image
          	if(document.getElementById) {
          		// extract image name from image source (i.e. cut off ?randomness)
          		thesrc = document.getElementById("freecap").src;
          		thesrc = thesrc.substring(0,thesrc.lastIndexOf(".")+4);
          		// add ?(random) to prevent browser/isp caching
          		document.getElementById("freecap").src = thesrc+"?"+Math.round(Math.random()*100000);
          	} else
          	if (document.all) { 
          	  thesrc = document.all["freecap"].src;
          		thesrc = thesrc.substring(0,thesrc.lastIndexOf(".")+4);
          		// add ?(random) to prevent browser/isp caching
          		document.all["freecap"].src = thesrc+"?"+Math.round(Math.random()*100000);
          	} else {
          		alert("Sorry, cannot autoreload freeCap image\nSubmit the form and a new freeCap will be loaded");
          	}
          }