// AUTHOR  : Steve Neumann
// MODIFIED: 07-Oct-2006
function makeObj(name)
{
if (document.getElementById) {
this.obj = document.getElementById(name);
if (this.obj != null) { this.style = this.obj.style; }
} else if (document.all) {
this.obj = document.all[name];
if (this.obj != null) { this.style = this.obj.style; }
} else if (document.layers) {
this.obj = document.layers[name];
this.style = document.layers[name];
}
}
//    from http://www.dustindiaz.com/top-ten-javascript
function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag)
{
var classElements = new Array();
if (node == null) {
node = document;
}
if (tag == null) {
tag = '*';
}
var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
var elsLen = els.length;
var pattern = new RegExp('(^|\\s)'+searchClass+'(\\s|$)');
for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
if (pattern.test(els[i].className)) {
classElements[j] = els[i];
j++;
}
}
return classElements;
}
// BUT WILL ALSO TAKE MULTIPLE INPUTS AND RETURN AN ARRAY
function ELM()
{
var elements = new Array();
for (var i = 0; i < arguments.length; i++) {
var element = arguments[i];
if (typeof element == 'string') {
element = document.getElementById(element);
}
if (arguments.length == 1) {
return element;
}
elements[elements.length] = element;
}
return elements;
}
function xmlhttpPost(url, params, state_change_function) {
var xmlHttpReq = false;
var self = this;
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST', url, true);
self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = state_change_function;
self.xmlHttpReq.send(params);
}