function createRequestObject(){
	var request_o; //declare the variable to hold the object.
	var browser = navigator.appName; //find the browser name
	if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
		/* Create the object using MSIE's method */
		request_o = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}else{
		/* Create the object using other browser's method */
		request_o = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	return request_o; //return the object
}

function addCommas(nStr)
{
	nStr += '';
	x = nStr.split('.');
	x1 = x[0];
	x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : '';
	var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/;
	while (rgx.test(x1)) {
		x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
	}
	return x1 + x2;
}

function B( objAny ){
	if(objAny.toString() == "true"){
		return(true);
	}
	if(objAny.toString() == "false"){
		return(false);
	}
}

function findPosX(obj)
  {
    var curleft = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1) 
        {
          curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.x)
        curleft += obj.x;
    return curleft;
  }

  function findPosY(obj)
  {
    var curtop = 0;
    if(obj.offsetParent)
        while(1)
        {
          curtop += obj.offsetTop;
          if(!obj.offsetParent)
            break;
          obj = obj.offsetParent;
        }
    else if(obj.y)
        curtop += obj.y;
    return curtop;
  }
  
  function getScrollY() {
  var scrOfY = 0;
  if( typeof( window.pageYOffset ) == 'number' ) {
    //Netscape compliant
    scrOfY = window.pageYOffset;
  } else if( document.body && document.body.scrollTop ) {
    //DOM compliant
    scrOfY = document.body.scrollTop;
  } else if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop ) {
    //IE6 standards compliant mode
    scrOfY = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
  }
  return(scrOfY);
}

function getElementHeight(Elem) {
	if (ns4) {
		var elem = getObjNN4(document, Elem);
		return elem.clip.height;
	} else {
		if(document.getElementById) {
			var elem = document.getElementById(Elem);
		} else if (document.all){
			var elem = document.all[Elem];
		}
		if (op5) { 
			xPos = elem.style.pixelHeight;
		} else {
			xPos = elem.offsetHeight;
		}
		return xPos;
	} 
}

function getElementWidth(Elem) {
	if (ns4) {
		var elem = getObjNN4(document, Elem);
		return elem.clip.width;
	} else {
		if(document.getElementById) {
			var elem = document.getElementById(Elem);
		} else if (document.all){
			var elem = document.all[Elem];
		}
		if (op5) {
			xPos = elem.style.pixelWidth;
		} else {
			xPos = elem.offsetWidth;
		}
		return xPos;
	}
}