/**
 * Checks/unchecks all tables
 *
 * @param   string   the form name
 * @param   boolean  whether to check or to uncheck the element
 *
 * @return  boolean  always true
 */
function setCheckboxes(the_form, the_field, do_check)
{
    var elts      = document.forms[the_form].elements[the_field];
    if( typeof(elts) == 'undefined' ) {
        return false;
    }
    var elts_cnt  = (typeof(elts.length) != 'undefined')
                  ? elts.length
                  : 0;
    if (elts_cnt) {
        for (var i = 0; i < elts_cnt; i++) {
            elts[i].checked = do_check;
        } // end for
    } else {
        elts.checked        = do_check;
    } // end if... else

    return true;
} // end of the 'setCheckboxes()' function

function anchorPop( anchor, width, height, name ) {
    return popup( anchor.href, width, height, name );
}

function popup( url, width, height, name ) {

        var mylink = url;
        var windowname = name == null ? 'Popup_Window' : name;
        var result = null;
        
        if (! window.focus) return true;
                var href;
        if (typeof(mylink) == "string")
                href = mylink;
        else
                href = mylink.href;
        var newWin = window.open(href, windowname, "width="+width+",height="+height+",scrollbars=yes,resize=yes");
        if (!newWin || !newWin.top) {
            alert('popup window blocked');
        }
        return false;

}

function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
{ 
c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=")
if (c_start!=-1)
{ 
c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1 
c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start)
if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end))
} 
}
return null
}

function setCookie(c_name,value, path, expiredays)
{
var exdate=new Date()
exdate.setDate(expiredays)
document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+
((expiredays==null) ? "" : "; expires="+exdate) +
((path==null) ? "" : "; path="+path)
}

function in_array(needle, haystack) {
	var n = haystack.length;
	for (var i=0; i<n; i++) {
		if (haystack[i]==needle) {
			return true;
		}
	}
	return false;
}

String.prototype.repeat = function(multiplier) {
    var newString = '';

    for (var i = 0; i < multiplier; i++) {
        newString += this;
    }

    return newString;
} 
;