function $(element) {
	if (typeof(element) == 'string') element = document.getElementById(element);
	return element;
}

function getSelectedOptionText(objSelect) {
	objSelect = $(objSelect);
	return objSelect.options[objSelect.options.selectedIndex].innerHTML;
}

function changeSelectOptions(objSelect, arrayValues, defaultOption) {
	objSelect = $(objSelect);
	var len=objSelect.options.length;
	for (var i=0; i<len; i++) {
		objSelect.remove(0);
	}

	var i = 0;
	if(typeof(defaultOption)=='undefined' || defaultOption==false) {}
	else {
		objSelect.options[i] = new Option(defaultOption,"");
		i ++;
	}

	for(var key in arrayValues) {
		if( arrayValues[key].length > 0) {
			objSelect.options[i] = new Option(arrayValues[key], key);
			i++;
		}
	}
}

function getCheckedRadioValue(group, form) {
	if (typeof group == 'string') group = form.elements[group];
	if (typeof group == "undefined" ) return null;
	if (typeof group.length == "undefined" ) {
		if(group.checked) return group.value;
		return null;
	}
	for (var i = 0, n = group.length; i < n; ++i)
	if (group[i].checked) return group[i].value;
	return null;
}

function getDateComponents(dateValue) {
	var components = dateValue.split(/[\/\.-]/);
	if(_DATE_FORMAT["0"]=="m") return {"month":components[0],"day":components[1], "year":components[2]};
	else return {"month":components[1],"day":components[0], "year":components[2]};
}

//macromedia functions
function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
	  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
		d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
	  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
	  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
	  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
	}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

function popupWindow(url, width, height, name){
	var winl = (screen.width - width) / 2;
	var wint = (screen.height - height) / 2;
	var winprops = 'resizable=yes,fullscreen=no,height='+height+',width='+width+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars=yes'
	if(typeof(name)!='undefined')
		_name = name;
	else
		_name = '';
	window.open(url, _name, winprops)
}


var __loaders = new Array();

function _load() {
    for (var idx = 0; idx < __loaders.length; idx++) {
        var _function_name = __loaders[idx];
        eval(_function_name);
    }
}

