function ge(obj)
    {
     return document.getElementById(obj);
    }
    function BrowserCode(){
        if ( (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("IE")!=-1) && (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer") ){
            return "IE";
        }
        else if ( (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Firefox")!=-1) && (navigator.appName=="Netscape") ){
            return "FF";
        }
    }
  
function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
{
    // set time, it's in milliseconds
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

    /*
    if the expires variable is set, make the correct 
    expires time, the current script below will set 
    it for x number of days, to make it for hours, 
    delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
    */
    if ( expires )
    {
    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    }
    var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
    ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + 
    ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
    ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
    ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}
function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exortals (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
}		

function ClearSelectControl(_objName){
	var obj = document.getElementById(_objName);
	while (obj.length > 0)	
	{
		obj.options[0]=null;
	}
}
function eraseCookie(name) {
    createCookie(name,"",-1);
}
 function readCookie(name) {
	    var nameEQ = name + "=";
	    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		    var c = ca[i];
		    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	    }
	    return null;
    }
 function eraseCookie(name) {
    createCookie(name,"",-1);
}

 function createCookie(name,value,days) {
    if (days) {
	    var date = new Date();
	    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
	    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function InsertOptionsToSelectControl(_objName, _id, _label, _value){
    var select = document.getElementById(_objName);
    select.options[select.options.length] = new Option(_value, _label);
    select.options[select.options.length - 1].id=_id;
}

function ChangeTabStrip(_tabsId, _ctlId, _tabIndex, _tabNum)
{
    for (i=1; i<=_tabNum; ++i){
        document.getElementById(_tabsId + "tab" + i).className = "tsTabOff";
        document.getElementById(_ctlId + i).style.display = "none";
    }
    document.getElementById(_tabsId + "tab" + _tabIndex).className = "tsTabOn";
    document.getElementById(_ctlId + _tabIndex).style.display = "block";
}