// debug mode; 1=on, 0=off
var debug=0;

// object creation
function getobj( name ) {
  if( document.getElementById ) {
    try {
      this.obj=document.getElementById( name );
      this.style=document.getElementById( name ).style;
    } catch( e ) {
      if( debug==1 ) { alert( "getobj: "+e.message ); }
      return false;
    }
  } else if( document.all ) {
    try {
      this.obj=document.all[name];
      this.style=document.all[name].style;
    } catch( e ) {
      if( debug==1 ) { alert( "getobj: "+e.message ); }
      return false;
    }
  }
}

// delete confirmation
function confirmdelete() {
  if( confirm( 'Do you REALLY want to delete this?' ) ) return true;
  else return false;
}

// url encoding
function urlencode( str ) {
  str=escape( str );
  str=str.replace( '+','%2B' );
  str=str.replace( '%20','+' );
  str=str.replace( '*','%2A' );
  str=str.replace( '/','%2F' );
  str=str.replace( '@','%40' );
  return str;
}

function urldecode( str ) {
  str=str.replace( '+',' ' );
  str=unescape( str );
  return str;
}