function askConfirmation(message)
{
    var input = window.confirm(message);
    if (input == true) {
        return true;
    } else {
        return false;
    }
}

function CreateBookmarkLink(title, url)
{
    if (window.sidebar) {
        window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "");
    } else if (window.external) {
        window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
    } else if (window.opera && window.print) {
        return true;
    }
}

function getElementByName(name, container)
{
    if (container == null)
    {
        container = document;
    }
    
    if (container.elements)
    {
        for (i=0, n=container.elements.length; i < n; i++)
        {
            if (container.elements[i].name == name)
            {
                return container.elements[i];
            }
        }
    }
    
    return null;
 }

function createHiddenFormValue(name, value, parentObject)
{
	var newElement = document.createElement("input");
	newElement.setAttribute("type", "hidden");
	newElement.setAttribute("name", name);
	newElement.setAttribute("value", value);
	parentObject.appendChild(newElement);
}

function changeFormValue(name, value, parentObject)
{
    var formElement = getElementByName(name, parentObject);
    
    if (formElement != null)
    {
        formElement.value = value;
    }
}

function trim(value)
{
    value = value.replace(/^\s+/,'');
    value = value.replace(/\s+$/,'');
    return value;
}

function htmlEntities(text)
{
	dataLt = new Array('&AElig;','Æ','&Aacute;','Á','&Acirc;','Â','&Agrave;','À','&Aring;','Å','&Atilde;','Ã','&Auml;','Ä',
					   '&Ccedil;','Ç','&ETH;','Ð','&Eacute;','É','&Ecirc;','Ê','&Egrave;','È','&Euml;','Ë','&Iacute;','Í',
					   '&Icirc;','Î','&Igrave;','Ì','&Iuml;','Ï','&Ntilde;','Ñ','&Oacute;','Ó','&Ocirc;','Ô','&Ograve;','Ò',
					   '&Oslash;','Ø','&Otilde;','Õ','&Ouml;','Ö','&THORN;','Þ','&Uacute;','Ú','&Ucirc;','Û','&Ugrave;','Ù',
					   '&Uuml;','Ü','&Yacute;','Ý','&aacute;','á','&acirc;','â','&aelig;','æ','&agrave;','à','&aring;','å',
					   '&atilde;','ã','&auml;','ä','&brvbar;','¦','&ccedil;','ç','&cent;','¢','&copy;','©','&deg;','°',
					   '&eacute;','é','&ecirc;','ê','&egrave;','è','&eth;','ð','&euml;','ë','&frac12;','½','&frac14;','¼',
					   '&frac34;','¾','í','&icirc;','î','&iexcl;','¡','&igrave;','ì','&iquest;','¿','&iuml;','ï','&laquo;','«',
					   '&mdash;','—','&micro;','µ','&middot;','·','&not;','¬','&ntilde;','ñ','&oacute;','ó','&ocirc;','ô',
					   '&ograve;','ò','&oslash;','ø','&otilde;','õ','&ouml;','ö','&para;','¶','&plusmn;','±','&pound;','£',
					   '&quot;','\"','&raquo;','»','&reg;','®','&sect;','§','­','*','&sup1;','¹','&sup2;','²','&sup3;','³',
					   '&szlig;','ß','&thorn;','þ','&tilde;','˜','&trade;','™','&uacute;','ú','&ucirc;','û','&ugrave;','ù',
					   '&uuml;','ü','&yacute;','ý','&yen;','¥','&yuml;','ÿ');

	for (i=0; i < dataLt.length; i=i+2)
	{
		text = text.replace(eval('/'+dataLt[i+1]+'/g'), dataLt[i]);
	}
	
	return (text);
}

function getViewport()
{
    var viewport = {x: 0, y: 0, width: 0, height: 0};
    
    if (typeof window.scrollX != "undefined") {
        viewport.x = window.pageXOffset;
        viewport.y = window.pageYOffset;
        viewport.width = window.innerWidth;
        viewport.height = window.innerHeight;
        return viewport;
    } else {
        if (document.documentElement &&
            typeof document.documentElement.scrollLeft != "undefined" &&
            (document.documentElement.scrollLeft != 0)) {
            viewport.x = document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
            viewport.y = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
            viewport.width = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
            viewport.height = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
            return viewport;
        } else {
            if (document.body &&
                (typeof document.body.scrollLeft != "undefined")) {
                viewport.x = document.body.scrollLeft;
                viewport.y = document.body.scrollTop;
                if (document.compatMode == "CSS1Compat") {
                    viewport.width = document.body.parentNode.clientWidth;
                    viewport.height = document.body.parentNode.clientHeight;
                } else {
                    viewport.width = document.body.clientWidth;
                    viewport.height = document.body.clientHeight;
                }
                return viewport;
            }
        }
    }
    return null;
}

function getObjectPosition( el ) {
    var _x = 0;
    var _y = 0;
    while( el && !isNaN( el.offsetLeft ) && !isNaN( el.offsetTop ) ) {
        _x += el.offsetLeft - el.scrollLeft;
        _y += el.offsetTop - el.scrollTop;
        alert(el.offsetTop);
        el = el.parentNode;
    }
    return { y: _y, x: _x };
}


function scrollToObject(obj)
{
    var selectedPosX = 0;
    var selectedPosY = 0;
    
    while(obj != null)
    {
        selectedPosX += obj.offsetLeft;
        selectedPosY += obj.offsetTop;
        obj = obj.offsetParent;
    }
    
    window.scrollTo(selectedPosX,selectedPosY);
}


function showDialog(sUrl, dialogObject, iWidth, iHeight, isResizable, sFeatures)
{
    var sFeaturesN = "";
    sFeaturesN += "dialogWidth: " + iWidth + "px;";
    sFeaturesN += "dialogHeight: " + iHeight + "px;";
    sFeaturesN += "status: off;";
    sFeaturesN += "center: yes;";
    
    if (isResizable)
    {
        sFeaturesN += "resizable: no;"
    }
    
    sFeaturesN += sFeatures;
    
    var returnObject = window.showModalDialog(sUrl, dialogObject, sFeaturesN);
    
    return returnObject;
}

function showPopup(sUrl, iWidth, iHeight, isResizable)
{
    var sFeaturesN = ",";
    // sFeaturesN += "center: yes;";
    
    if (!isResizable)
    {
        sFeaturesN += "resizable: no;"
    }
    
    /*
    var returnObject = window.showModalDialog(sUrl, null, sFeaturesN);
    return returnObject;
    */
    
    //newwindow = window.open(sUrl, sName,'height=' + iHeight + ',width=' + iWidth + 'scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no');
    newwindow = window.open(sUrl,"","Width=" + iWidth + ",Height=" + iHeight + ",scrollbars=yes" + sFeaturesN, 0);
    if (window.focus) {newwindow.focus()}
}