function getElementPosition(jObject, vid) { 
    var offsetLeft = 0; 
    var offsetTop = 0; 
    var Height =  jObject.offsetHeight;
    
    while (jObject) { 
        offsetLeft += jObject.offsetLeft; 
        offsetTop += jObject.offsetTop; 
        jObject = jObject.offsetParent; 
    } 
    
    if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mac") != -1 && 
        typeof document.body.leftMargin != "undefined") { 
        offsetLeft += document.body.leftMargin; 
        offsetTop += document.body.topMargin; 
    }
    
    if(vid) 
    	return offsetLeft; 
    else
    	return (offsetTop + Height);
}
