function getObj(name)
{
	return document.getElementById(name);
}

function count(arr)
{
		var cnt = 0;
		for(element in arr)
		{
			if (element!=null)
				cnt++;
		}
		return cnt;
}

function toggleObjDisplay(obj)
{
  if (obj)
  {
	if (obj.style.display=='none')
		obj.style.display = '';
	else
		obj.style.display = 'none';
	//alert(obj.id+" display = '"+obj.style.display+"'");
  }
}

function highlight_div(checkbox_node)
{
    label_node = checkbox_node.parentNode;
	
    if (checkbox_node.checked)
	{
		label_node.style.backgroundColor='#0a246a';
		label_node.style.color='#fff';
	}
	else
	{
		label_node.style.backgroundColor='#fff';
		label_node.style.color='#000';
	}
}



// some auxiliary functions  with respect to http://www.aspdev.org/articles/javascript-trim/

function leftTrim(sString) 
{
  while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ')
  {
    sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
  }
return sString;
}


function rightTrim(sString) 
{
  while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ')
  {
    sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
  }
return sString;
}


function trimAll(sString) 
{
  while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ')
  {
    sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
  }

  while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ')
  {
    sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
  }
  
  return sString;
}

// number_format(number, len, separator, th_separator) 

function  number_format( /* in: float   */ number, 
                                        /* in: integer */ len, 
                                        /* in: String  */ sep, 
                                        /* in: String  */ th_sep ) {

  if(!sep) sep = ".";
  if(!th_sep) th_sep = "";

  number = Math.round( number * Math.pow(10, len) ) / Math.pow(10, len);
  str_number = number+"";
  arr_int = str_number.split(".");
  if(!arr_int[0]) arr_int[0] = "0";
  if(!arr_int[1]) arr_int[1] = "";
  if(arr_int[1].length < len){
    nachkomma = arr_int[1];
    for(i=arr_int[1].length+1; i <= len; i++){  nachkomma += "0";  }
    arr_int[1] = nachkomma;
  }
  if(th_sep != "" && arr_int[0].length > 3){
    Begriff = arr_int[0];
    arr_int[0] = "";
    for(j = 3; j < Begriff.length ; j+=3){
      Extrakt = Begriff.slice(Begriff.length - j, Begriff.length - j + 3);
      arr_int[0] = th_sep + Extrakt +  arr_int[0] + "";
    }
    str_first = Begriff.substr(0, (Begriff.length % 3 == 0)?3:(Begriff.length % 3));
    arr_int[0] = str_first + arr_int[0];
  }
  return arr_int[0]+sep+arr_int[1];
}

function get_html_translation_table(table, quote_style) {
	
    // example 1: get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    // returns 1: {'"': '&quot;', '&': '&amp;', '<': '&lt;', '>': '&gt;'}
    
    var entities = {}, histogram = {}, decimal = 0, symbol = '';
    var constMappingTable = {}, constMappingQuoteStyle = {};
    var useTable = {}, useQuoteStyle = {};
    
    useTable      = (table ? table.toUpperCase() : 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS');
    useQuoteStyle = (quote_style ? quote_style.toUpperCase() : 'ENT_COMPAT');
    
    // Translate arguments
    constMappingTable[0]      = 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS';
    constMappingTable[1]      = 'HTML_ENTITIES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[0] = 'ENT_NOQUOTES';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[2] = 'ENT_COMPAT';
    constMappingQuoteStyle[3] = 'ENT_QUOTES';
    
    // Map numbers to strings for compatibilty with PHP constants
    if (!isNaN(useTable)) {
        useTable = constMappingTable[useTable];
    }
    if (!isNaN(useQuoteStyle)) {
        useQuoteStyle = constMappingQuoteStyle[useQuoteStyle];
    }
 
    if (useTable == 'HTML_SPECIALCHARS') {
        // ascii decimals for better compatibility
        entities['38'] = '&amp;';
        if (useQuoteStyle != 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
            entities['34'] = '&quot;';
        }
        if (useQuoteStyle == 'ENT_QUOTES') {
            entities['39'] = '&#039;';
        }
        entities['60'] = '&lt;';
        entities['62'] = '&gt;';
    } else if (useTable == 'HTML_ENTITIES') {
        // ascii decimals for better compatibility
      entities['38']  = '&amp;';
        if (useQuoteStyle != 'ENT_NOQUOTES') {
            entities['34'] = '&quot;';
        }
        if (useQuoteStyle == 'ENT_QUOTES') {
            entities['39'] = '&#039;';
        }
      entities['60']  = '&lt;';
      entities['62']  = '&gt;';
      entities['160'] = '&nbsp;';
      entities['161'] = '&iexcl;';
      entities['162'] = '&cent;';
      entities['163'] = '&pound;';
      entities['164'] = '&curren;';
      entities['165'] = '&yen;';
      entities['166'] = '&brvbar;';
      entities['167'] = '&sect;';
      entities['168'] = '&uml;';
      entities['169'] = '&copy;';
      entities['170'] = '&ordf;';
      entities['171'] = '&laquo;';
      entities['172'] = '&not;';
      entities['173'] = '&shy;';
      entities['174'] = '&reg;';
      entities['175'] = '&macr;';
      entities['176'] = '&deg;';
      entities['177'] = '&plusmn;';
      entities['178'] = '&sup2;';
      entities['179'] = '&sup3;';
      entities['180'] = '&acute;';
      entities['181'] = '&micro;';
      entities['182'] = '&para;';
      entities['183'] = '&middot;';
      entities['184'] = '&cedil;';
      entities['185'] = '&sup1;';
      entities['186'] = '&ordm;';
      entities['187'] = '&raquo;';
      entities['188'] = '&frac14;';
      entities['189'] = '&frac12;';
      entities['190'] = '&frac34;';
      entities['191'] = '&iquest;';
      entities['192'] = '&Agrave;';
      entities['193'] = '&Aacute;';
      entities['194'] = '&Acirc;';
      entities['195'] = '&Atilde;';
      entities['196'] = '&Auml;';
      entities['197'] = '&Aring;';
      entities['198'] = '&AElig;';
      entities['199'] = '&Ccedil;';
      entities['200'] = '&Egrave;';
      entities['201'] = '&Eacute;';
      entities['202'] = '&Ecirc;';
      entities['203'] = '&Euml;';
      entities['204'] = '&Igrave;';
      entities['205'] = '&Iacute;';
      entities['206'] = '&Icirc;';
      entities['207'] = '&Iuml;';
      entities['208'] = '&ETH;';
      entities['209'] = '&Ntilde;';
      entities['210'] = '&Ograve;';
      entities['211'] = '&Oacute;';
      entities['212'] = '&Ocirc;';
      entities['213'] = '&Otilde;';
      entities['214'] = '&Ouml;';
      entities['215'] = '&times;';
      entities['216'] = '&Oslash;';
      entities['217'] = '&Ugrave;';
      entities['218'] = '&Uacute;';
      entities['219'] = '&Ucirc;';
      entities['220'] = '&Uuml;';
      entities['221'] = '&Yacute;';
      entities['222'] = '&THORN;';
      entities['223'] = '&szlig;';
      entities['224'] = '&agrave;';
      entities['225'] = '&aacute;';
      entities['226'] = '&acirc;';
      entities['227'] = '&atilde;';
      entities['228'] = '&auml;';
      entities['229'] = '&aring;';
      entities['230'] = '&aelig;';
      entities['231'] = '&ccedil;';
      entities['232'] = '&egrave;';
      entities['233'] = '&eacute;';
      entities['234'] = '&ecirc;';
      entities['235'] = '&euml;';
      entities['236'] = '&igrave;';
      entities['237'] = '&iacute;';
      entities['238'] = '&icirc;';
      entities['239'] = '&iuml;';
      entities['240'] = '&eth;';
      entities['241'] = '&ntilde;';
      entities['242'] = '&ograve;';
      entities['243'] = '&oacute;';
      entities['244'] = '&ocirc;';
      entities['245'] = '&otilde;';
      entities['246'] = '&ouml;';
      entities['247'] = '&divide;';
      entities['248'] = '&oslash;';
      entities['249'] = '&ugrave;';
      entities['250'] = '&uacute;';
      entities['251'] = '&ucirc;';
      entities['252'] = '&uuml;';
      entities['253'] = '&yacute;';
      entities['254'] = '&thorn;';
      entities['255'] = '&yuml;';
    } else {
        throw Error("Table: "+useTable+' not supported');
        return false;
    }
    
    // ascii decimals to real symbols
    for (decimal in entities) {
        symbol = String.fromCharCode(decimal);
        histogram[symbol] = entities[decimal];
    }
    
    return histogram;
}

function htmlspecialchars (string, quote_style) {
    // example 1: htmlspecialchars("<a href='test'>Test</a>", 'ENT_QUOTES');
    // returns 1: '&lt;a href=&#039;test&#039;&gt;Test&lt;/a&gt;'
 
    var histogram = {}, symbol = '', tmp_str = '', entity = '';
    tmp_str = string.toString();
    
    if (false === (histogram = get_html_translation_table('HTML_SPECIALCHARS', quote_style))) {
        return false;
    }
    
    for (symbol in histogram) {
        entity = histogram[symbol];
        tmp_str = tmp_str.split(symbol).join(entity);
    }
    
    return tmp_str;
}

function intval(mixed_var, base) {

	var tmp;
	var type = typeof( mixed_var );
	
	if(type == 'boolean'){
		if (mixed_var == true) {
			return 1;
		} else {
			return 0;
		}
	} else if(type == 'string'){
		tmp = parseInt(mixed_var * 1);
		if(isNaN(tmp) || !isFinite(tmp)){
			return 0;
		} else{
			return tmp.toString(base || 10);
		}
	} else if(type == 'number' && isFinite(mixed_var) ){
		return Math.floor(mixed_var);
	} else{
		return 0;
	}
}

$.ajx = function(url, data, callback){
	
	$.post(url, data, callback, "script");
}