if (typeof(document.getElementById) == "undefined")
	document.getElementById = function (id)
	{
		// Just return the corresponding index of all.
		return document.all[id];
	}

function reqWin(desktopURL, alternateWidth, alternateHeight)
{
	window.open(desktopURL, 'requested_popup', 'toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,width=' + (alternateWidth ? alternateWidth : 480) + ',height=' + (alternateHeight ? alternateHeight : 220) + ',resizable=no');

	// Return false so the click won't follow the link ;).
	return false;
}

// Remember the current position.
function storeCaret(text)
{
	// Only bother if it will be useful.
	if (typeof(text.createTextRange) != 'undefined')
		text.caretPos = document.selection.createRange().duplicate();
}

// Replaces the currently selected text with the passed text.
function replaceText(text, textarea)
{

	// Attempt to create a text range (IE).
	if (typeof(textarea.caretPos) != "undefined" && textarea.createTextRange)
	{
		var caretPos = textarea.caretPos;

		caretPos.text = caretPos.text.charAt(caretPos.text.length - 1) == ' ' ? text + ' ' : text;
		caretPos.select();
	}
	// Mozilla text range replace.
	else if (typeof(textarea.selectionStart) != "undefined")
	{
		var begin = textarea.value.substr(0, textarea.selectionStart);
		var end = textarea.value.substr(textarea.selectionEnd);
		var scrollPos = textarea.scrollTop;

		textarea.value = begin + text + end;

		if (textarea.setSelectionRange)
		{
			textarea.focus();
			textarea.setSelectionRange(begin.length + text.length, begin.length + text.length);
		}
		textarea.scrollTop = scrollPos;
	}
	// Just put it on the end.
	else
	{
		textarea.value += text;
		textarea.focus(textarea.value.length - 1);
	}
}

// Surrounds the selected text with text1 and text2.
function surroundText(text1, text2, textarea)
{
	// Can a text range be created?
	if (typeof(textarea.caretPos) != "undefined" && textarea.createTextRange)
	{
		var caretPos = textarea.caretPos;

		caretPos.text = caretPos.text.charAt(caretPos.text.length - 1) == ' ' ? text1 + caretPos.text + text2 + ' ' : text1 + caretPos.text + text2;
		caretPos.select();
	}
	// Mozilla text range wrap.
	else if (typeof(textarea.selectionStart) != "undefined")
	{
		var begin = textarea.value.substr(0, textarea.selectionStart);
		var selection = textarea.value.substr(textarea.selectionStart, textarea.selectionEnd - textarea.selectionStart);
		var end = textarea.value.substr(textarea.selectionEnd);
		var newCursorPos = textarea.selectionStart;
		var scrollPos = textarea.scrollTop;

		textarea.value = begin + text1 + selection + text2 + end;

		if (textarea.setSelectionRange)
		{
			if (selection.length == 0)
				textarea.setSelectionRange(newCursorPos + text1.length, newCursorPos + text1.length);
			else
				textarea.setSelectionRange(newCursorPos, newCursorPos + text1.length + selection.length + text2.length);
			textarea.focus();
		}
		textarea.scrollTop = scrollPos;
	}
	// Just put them on the end, then.
	else
	{
		textarea.value += text1 + text2;
		textarea.focus(textarea.value.length - 1);
	}
}


function InsertQuote(comm_id, textarea) {

 var req = new XMLHttpRequest(); 
 if (req) { 
    req.onreadystatechange = function() { 
        if (req.readyState == 4 && (req.status == 200 || req.status == 304)) { 
            var txt = document.getElementById(textarea);
            
            replaceText(req.responseText, txt);
         } 
    }; 
            
    req.open('GET', 'ret_quote.aspx?comm_id=' + comm_id); 
    req.send(null);
  }
 return false;           
}

/*** used to be custom ***/
function trim(inputString) {
	if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
    var retValue = inputString;
	var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
	while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function

function CheckFieldBlank()
	{
	if (trim(form1.Subject.value) == "")
	{
		alert("Please fill in the Subject field.");
		form1.Subject.focus();
		return (false);
	}
	if (trim(form1.Comment.value) == "")
	{
		alert("Please fill in the Comment field.");
		form1.Comment.focus();
		return (false);
	}
		return (true);
	}

function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
    if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
        field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
        // otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
    else
        //countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
        countfield.value = field.value.length;
        
    return true;
}

function openOrCloseTextElement(elementId, bbCodeElement, button) {
    var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
    if (!button.g2ToggleMode) {
    element.value = element.value + '[' + bbCodeElement + ']';
    button.value = '*' + button.value;
    } else {
    element.value = element.value + '[/' + bbCodeElement + ']';
    button.value = button.value.substring(1);
    }
    element.focus();
    button.g2ToggleMode = !button.g2ToggleMode;
    }
function appendTextElement(elementId, bbCodeElement, button) {
    var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
    element.value = element.value + '[' + bbCodeElement + ']';
    element.focus();
    }
function appendUrlElement(elementId, bbCodeElement) {
    //prompt("test","test");
    var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
    var url = cbPrompt('Enter a URL');
    var text = false;
    if (url != false && url != null) text = cbPrompt('Enter some text describing the URL');
    if (text != false && text != null) element.value = element.value + '[URL=' + url + ']' + text + '[/URL]';
    //element.focus();
    }
function appendImageElement(elementId, bbCodeElement) {
    var element = document.getElementById(elementId);
    var url = cbPrompt('Enter an image URL');
    if (url != false && url != null) element.value = element.value + '[IMG]' + url + '[/IMG]';
    //element.focus();
    }
    
/*** used to be cbPrompt ***/
function iePrompt(str){
   var settings = "dialogWidth: 290px; dialogHeight: 160px; center: yes; edge: raised; scroll: no; status: no;";
   return window.showModalDialog("iePrompt.html", str, settings);
}

function cbPrompt(str){
   try {
      if(window.showModalDialog){ return iePrompt(str); }
         else { return prompt(str, ""); }
   } catch (e) {
         return false;
   }
}

/*** used to be xmlhttprequest ***/
/*

Cross-Browser XMLHttpRequest v1.2
=================================

Emulate Gecko 'XMLHttpRequest()' functionality in IE and Opera. Opera requires
the Sun Java Runtime Environment <http://www.java.com/>.

by Andrew Gregory
http://www.scss.com.au/family/andrew/webdesign/xmlhttprequest/

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License. To view a
copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ or
send a letter to Creative Commons, 559 Nathan Abbott Way, Stanford, California
94305, USA.

Attribution: Leave my name and web address in this script intact.

Not Supported in Opera
----------------------
* user/password authentication
* responseXML data member

Not Fully Supported in Opera
----------------------------
* async requests
* abort()
* getAllResponseHeaders(), getAllResponseHeader(header)

*/
// IE support
if (window.ActiveXObject && !window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  window.XMLHttpRequest = function() {
    var msxmls = new Array(
      'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0',
      'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
      'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
      'Msxml2.XMLHTTP',
      'Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
    for (var i = 0; i < msxmls.length; i++) {
      try {
        return new ActiveXObject(msxmls[i]);
      } catch (e) {
      }
    }
    return null;
  };
}
// Gecko support
/* ;-) */
// Opera support
if (window.opera && !window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  window.XMLHttpRequest = function() {
    this.readyState = 0; // 0=uninitialized,1=loading,2=loaded,3=interactive,4=complete
    this.status = 0; // HTTP status codes
    this.statusText = '';
    this._headers = [];
    this._aborted = false;
    this._async = true;
    this._defaultCharset = 'ISO-8859-1';
    this._getCharset = function() {
      var charset = _defaultCharset;
      var contentType = this.getResponseHeader('Content-type').toUpperCase();
      val = contentType.indexOf('CHARSET=');
      if (val != -1) {
        charset = contentType.substring(val);
      }
      val = charset.indexOf(';');
      if (val != -1) {
        charset = charset.substring(0, val);
      }
      val = charset.indexOf(',');
      if (val != -1) {
        charset = charset.substring(0, val);
      }
      return charset;
    };
    this.abort = function() {
      this._aborted = true;
    };
    this.getAllResponseHeaders = function() {
      return this.getAllResponseHeader('*');
    };
    this.getAllResponseHeader = function(header) {
      var ret = '';
      for (var i = 0; i < this._headers.length; i++) {
        if (header == '*' || this._headers[i].h == header) {
          ret += this._headers[i].h + ': ' + this._headers[i].v + '\n';
        }
      }
      return ret;
    };
    this.getResponseHeader = function(header) {
      var ret = getAllResponseHeader(header);
      var i = ret.indexOf('\n');
      if (i != -1) {
        ret = ret.substring(0, i);
      }
      return ret;
    };
    this.setRequestHeader = function(header, value) {
      this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:header, v:value};
    };
    this.open = function(method, url, async, user, password) {
      this.method = method;
      this.url = url;
      this._async = true;
      this._aborted = false;
      this._headers = [];
      if (arguments.length >= 3) {
        this._async = async;
      }
      if (arguments.length > 3) {
        opera.postError('XMLHttpRequest.open() - user/password not supported');
      }
      this.readyState = 1;
      if (this.onreadystatechange) {
        this.onreadystatechange();
      }
    };
    this.send = function(data) {
      if (!navigator.javaEnabled()) {
        alert("XMLHttpRequest.send() - Java must be installed and enabled.");
        return;
      }
      if (this._async) {
        setTimeout(this._sendasync, 0, this, data);
        // this is not really asynchronous and won't execute until the current
        // execution context ends
      } else {
        this._sendsync(data);
      }
    }
    this._sendasync = function(req, data) {
      if (!req._aborted) {
        req._sendsync(data);
      }
    };
    this._sendsync = function(data) {
      this.readyState = 2;
      if (this.onreadystatechange) {
        this.onreadystatechange();
      }
      // open connection
      var url = new java.net.URL(new java.net.URL(window.location.href), this.url);
      var conn = url.openConnection();
      for (var i = 0; i < this._headers.length; i++) {
        conn.setRequestProperty(this._headers[i].h, this._headers[i].v);
      }
      this._headers = [];
      if (this.method == 'POST') {
        // POST data
        conn.setDoOutput(true);
        var wr = new java.io.OutputStreamWriter(conn.getOutputStream(), this._getCharset());
        wr.write(data);
        wr.flush();
        wr.close();
      }
      // read response headers
      // NOTE: the getHeaderField() methods always return nulls for me :(
      var gotContentEncoding = false;
      var gotContentLength = false;
      var gotContentType = false;
      var gotDate = false;
      var gotExpiration = false;
      var gotLastModified = false;
      for (var i = 0; ; i++) {
        var hdrName = conn.getHeaderFieldKey(i);
        var hdrValue = conn.getHeaderField(i);
        if (hdrName == null && hdrValue == null) {
          break;
        }
        if (hdrName != null) {
          this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:hdrName, v:hdrValue};
          switch (hdrName.toLowerCase()) {
            case 'content-encoding': gotContentEncoding = true; break;
            case 'content-length'  : gotContentLength   = true; break;
            case 'content-type'    : gotContentType     = true; break;
            case 'date'            : gotDate            = true; break;
            case 'expires'         : gotExpiration      = true; break;
            case 'last-modified'   : gotLastModified    = true; break;
          }
        }
      }
      // try to fill in any missing header information
      var val;
      val = conn.getContentEncoding();
      if (val != null && !gotContentEncoding) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-encoding', v:val};
      val = conn.getContentLength();
      if (val != -1 && !gotContentLength) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-length', v:val};
      val = conn.getContentType();
      if (val != null && !gotContentType) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Content-type', v:val};
      val = conn.getDate();
      if (val != 0 && !gotDate) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Date', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
      val = conn.getExpiration();
      if (val != 0 && !gotExpiration) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Expires', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
      val = conn.getLastModified();
      if (val != 0 && !gotLastModified) this._headers[this._headers.length] = {h:'Last-modified', v:(new Date(val)).toUTCString()};
      // read response data
      var reqdata = '';
      var stream = conn.getInputStream();
      if (stream) {
        var reader = new java.io.BufferedReader(new java.io.InputStreamReader(stream, this._getCharset()));
        var line;
        while ((line = reader.readLine()) != null) {
          if (this.readyState == 2) {
            this.readyState = 3;
            if (this.onreadystatechange) {
              this.onreadystatechange();
            }
          }
          reqdata += line + '\n';
        }
        reader.close();
        this.status = 200;
        this.statusText = 'OK';
        this.responseText = reqdata;
        this.readyState = 4;
        if (this.onreadystatechange) {
          this.onreadystatechange();
        }
        if (this.onload) {
          this.onload();
        }
      } else {
        // error
        this.status = 404;
        this.statusText = 'Not Found';
        this.responseText = '';
        this.readyState = 4;
        if (this.onreadystatechange) {
          this.onreadystatechange();
        }
        if (this.onerror) {
          this.onerror();
        }
      }
    };
  };
}
// ActiveXObject emulation
if (!window.ActiveXObject && window.XMLHttpRequest) {
  window.ActiveXObject = function(type) {
    switch (type.toLowerCase()) {
      case 'microsoft.xmlhttp':
      case 'msxml2.xmlhttp':
      case 'msxml2.xmlhttp.3.0':
      case 'msxml2.xmlhttp.4.0':
      case 'msxml2.xmlhttp.5.0':
        return new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return null;
  };
}