// This function is to make the drop-down menu work in IE
/*
startList = function()
	{
	if (document.all&&document.getElementById)
		{
		navRoot = document.getElementById("webMenu");
		if (navRoot!=null)
			{
			for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++)
				{
				node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
				if (node.nodeName=="LI")
					{
					node.onmouseover=function()
						{
						this.className+=" over";
						}
					node.onmouseout=function()
						{
						this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
						}
					}
				}
			}
		navRoot = document.getElementById("webAdminMenu");
		if (navRoot!=null)
			{
			for (i=0; i<navRoot.childNodes.length; i++)
				{
				node = navRoot.childNodes[i];
				if (node.nodeName=="LI")
					{
					node.onmouseover=function()
						{
						this.className+=" over";
						}
					node.onmouseout=function()
						{
						this.className=this.className.replace(" over", "");
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
window.onload=startList;
*/
// Handle popup windows
popupWins = new Array();
function windowOpener(url, nom, arguments)
	{
	if ( typeof( popupWins[nom] ) != "object" )
		{
		popupWins[nom] = window.open(url,nom,arguments);
		}
	 else
		{
		if (!popupWins[nom].closed)
			{
			popupWins[nom].location.href = url;
			}
		else
			{
			popupWins[nom] = window.open(url,nom,arguments);
			}
		}
	popupWins[nom].focus();
	return popupWins[nom];
	}
//Return the checked box(es) of a checkbox field
function getSelectedCheckBoxValue(checkBox, separateur)
	{
	if (!checkBox[0])
		{
		if (checkBox.checked)
			return checkBox.value;
		else
			return '';
		}
	else
		{
		var checkList = '';
		for (var i = 0; i < checkBox.length; i++)
			{
			if (checkBox[i].checked)
				{
				var checkList = checkList + checkBox[i].value + separateur
				}
			}
		return checkList
		}
	}
//Return the selected radio button value
function getSelectedButtonValue(buttonGroup)
	{
	if (!buttonGroup[0])
		{
		if (buttonGroup.checked)
			return buttonGroup.value;
		else
			return '';
		}
	else
		{
		for (var i = 0; i < buttonGroup.length; i++)
			{
			if (buttonGroup[i].checked)
				{
				return buttonGroup[i].value;
				}
			}
		return '';
		}
	}
//Return the [position] element of a [separator] separated [chaine]
function word(chaine,separateur,position)
	{ 
	var x = 0
	var z = 1
	var allWords = new Array() 
	var string1 = "" 
	for ( x = 0 ; x <= chaine.length ; x++)
		{ 
		ThisOne = chaine.charAt(x) 
		if(( ThisOne == separateur))
			{ 
			allWords[z] = string1
			z = z + 1
			string1 = ""
			} 
		else
			{
			string1 = string1 + ThisOne
			}
		}
	allWords[z] = string1
	return allWords[position]
	}
//Return the [position] leftmost characters of [chaine]
function strLeft(chaine, position)
	{
	var retour = "";
	for (var i=0; i<position;i++)
		{
		retour = retour + chaine.charAt(i) ;
		}
	return(retour);
	}
//Return the [position] rightmost characters of [chaine]
function strRight(chaine, position)
	{
	var retour = "";
	l = chaine.length;
	
	for (var i=l-position; i<=l-1;i++)
		{
		retour = retour + chaine.charAt(i)
		}
	return(retour);
	}
//Indicate if the data entered is a float or not
function isFloat(inputString, emptyOK)
	{
	var re=/^(((-)?\d+(\.\d*)?)|((-)?(\d*\.)?\d+))$/;
	var ok=re.test(inputString);
	if (typeof emptyOK=="undefined") var emptyOK=false;
	if (!ok && emptyOK) {ok=isEmpty(inputString)};
	return ok
	}
/*
function right(fullString, arg)
Returns the rightmost characters in the string. 
You can specify the number of rightmost characters you want returned, or you can indicate that you want all the characters to the right of a specific substring.
- STRING fullString = the input string
- STRING or NUMBER arg = with quotes: the substring to search; without quotes: the number of characters to return
*/
function right(fullString, arg)
	{
	var resultString = ""; 
	var argType = typeof arg; //type of the 2nd argument
	fullString += ""; arg += ""; 
	
	if (arg != "" && fullString != "")
		{
		if (argType != "number")
			{
			if ( fullString.indexOf (arg)> -1)
				{resultString = (fullString.substring (fullString.indexOf(arg) + arg.length, fullString.length)) }
			}
		else
			{
			resultString = "";
			for (i=fullString.length; i >= (fullString.length - parseInt( arg, 10)); i--)
				{resultString = fullString.charAt(i) + resultString }
			}
		}
	else
		{resultString = fullString }
		
	return resultString;
	}
/*
function left(fullString, arg)
Searches a string from left to right and returns the leftmost characters of the string.
- STRING fullString = the input string
- STRING or NUMBER arg = with quotes: the substring to search; without quotes: the number of characters to return.
*/
function left(fullString, arg)
	{
	var resultString = "";
	var argType = typeof arg; //type of the 2nd argument
	fullString += ""; arg += ""; 
	if (arg != "" && fullString != "")
		{
		if (argType != "number")
			{
			if (fullString.indexOf (arg) > -1)
				{resultString = (fullString.substring (0, fullString.indexOf (arg)));}
			else
				{resultString = fullString}
			}
		else
			{resultString = (fullString.substring (0, parseInt(arg, 10))) }
		}
	else
		{resultString = fullString}
	return resultString		
	}
/*
Start searching from the end of a super-string,  finds last occurence of a substring,
returns all text from substring to the start of the super-string.
1. Example: leftBack( 'ABCDEABCDE' , 'C' ); = 'ABCDEAB'
2. Example: leftBack( 'ABCDEABCDE' , 3 ); = 'ABCDEAB'
*/
function leftBack( strString , vMarker )
	{
	var iEnd = strString.length;
	vMarker2 = vMarker + vMarker + vMarker ;
	if (vMarker2.length == (vMarker.length * 3))
		iEnd = strString.lastIndexOf( vMarker, strString.length -1 );
	else
		iEnd = strString.length - vMarker;
		
	return strString.substring( 0 , iEnd );
	}
/*
Starts searching from the end of a super-string, finds last occurence of a substring,
returns all text from substring to the start of the super-string.
1. Example: rightBack( 'ABCDEABCDE' , 'C' ); = 'DE'
2. Example: rightBack( 'ABCDEABCDE' , 3 ); = 'CDE'
*/
function rightBack( strString , vMarker )
	{
	var iEnd = strString.length;
	vMarker2 = vMarker + vMarker + vMarker;
	if (vMarker2.length == ( vMarker.length * 3 ))
		iEnd = strString.lastIndexOf( vMarker, strString.length -1 ) + vMarker.length;
	else
		iEnd = strString.length - vMarker ;
		
	return strString.substring( iEnd , strString.length);
	}
/*
Show or hide divs elements passed as parameters
showList : contains the elements which have to be shown
hideList : contains the elementes which have to be hidden
*/
function showHideDiv(showList, hideList)
	{
	ElmtVisible = showList.split('¬');
	ElmtHidden = hideList.split('¬');
	
	//Hide the elements to hide
	for (i=0; i<ElmtHidden.length; i++)
		{
		if (ElmtHidden[i] != "")
			{
			if (document.getElementById(ElmtHidden[i]))
				{
				document.getElementById(ElmtHidden[i]).style.visibility = "hidden";
				}
			}
		}	
	
	//Show the elements to show
	for (i=0; i<ElmtVisible.length; i++)
		{
		if (ElmtVisible[i] != "")
			{
			if (document.getElementById(ElmtVisible[i]))
				{
				document.getElementById(ElmtVisible[i]).style.visibility = "visible";
				}
			}
		}
	}
/*
function replacesubstring (inputString, badString, goodString, caseSensitive) 
Replaces specific words or phrases in a string with new words or phrases that you specify. 
*/
function replacesubstring(inputString, badString, goodString, caseSensitive)
	{
	fixedReplace = "";
	UI = inputString;
	UB = badString;
	if ((caseSensitive != 1) && (caseSensitive != true))
		{
		UI = inputString.toUpperCase();
		UB = badString.toUpperCase();
		}
	badEnd = -1;
	badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB);
	if (badLoc != -1)
		{
		for (x=1; (badLoc != -1); x++)
			{
			fixedReplace = fixedReplace + inputString.substring((badEnd + 1), badLoc) + goodString
			badEnd = badLoc + UB.length - 1;
			badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB, (badLoc + 1)); 
			}
		fixedReplace = fixedReplace + inputString.substring((badEnd + 1),  inputString.length);
		}
	else
		{ 
		fixedReplace = inputString;
		}
	return fixedReplace;
	}
/*
function trim(inputstringTrim)
Removes leading, trailing, and redundant spaces from a text string.
*/
function trim(inputstringTrim)
	{
	fixedTrim = "";
	lastCh = " ";
	for (x = 0; x < inputstringTrim.length; x++) {
		ch = inputstringTrim.charAt(x);
		if ((ch != " ") || (lastCh != " ")) {
			fixedTrim += ch;
		}
		lastCh = ch;
	}
	if (fixedTrim.charAt(fixedTrim.length - 1) == " ") {
		fixedTrim = fixedTrim.substring(0, fixedTrim.length - 1);
	}
	return fixedTrim;
}