[SOLVED] Series of setTimeouts

[Third_Degree]

I'm having trouble animating a size change of two divs simultaneously.  Has anyone ever experienced problems with multiple setTimeouts in series?  Here is my current code:

 

while ( h < 8 ) {
	setTimeout( "document.getElementById(placediv).style.height = (49 - (h * 2))+'px'", 500);
	setTimeout( "document.getElementById(captdiv).style.height = (16 + (h * 2))+'px'", 500 );
	h += 1;
}

 

all variables are defined, and when I run the execution lines without a timer, they work fine.  I've also tried getting rid of the for loop, and writing all the timed changes separately but they don't work either.  Any help?