// Trim leading spaces from a string
String.prototype.ltrim = function () {
  var s=this;
  while (s.charAt(0)==" ") s=s.substring(1,s.length);
  return s;
}

// Trim trailing spaces from a string
String.prototype.rtrim = function () {
  var s=this;
  while (s.charAt(s.length-1)==" ") s=s.substring(0, s.length-1);
  return s;
}

// Return the rightmost n characters of a string
String.prototype.left = function (n) {
  if (n < this.length) {
    return this.substring(0, n);
  } else
    return this;
}

// Return the rightmost n characters of a string
String.prototype.right = function (n) {
  if (n < this.length) {
    return this.substring(this.length-n, this.length);
  } else
    return this;
}

// Test a string to see if it's entirely digits
String.prototype.isNumeric = function() {
  for (var i=0; i<this.length; ++i)
    if ("0123456789".indexOf(this.charAt(i)) == -1) return false;
  return true;
}
function stat() {
  window.status=(arguments.length==1) ? arguments[0] : "";
}

// removes Karats from fields
function stripKarat(fld)
{                          
    
   var currFLD = String(fld);
   var karat = currFLD.indexOf('^');
   
   if ( karat > 0 )
        currFLD = currFLD.substring(0,karat) + ' ' + currFLD.substring(karat+1,currFLD.length);
  
  
   document.write(currFLD);
   document.close();

}

function PlaceButton (bName, bTarget, isSubmit) 
{ 
//set submit flag
  var isSubmit = isSubmit;	
  if (arguments.length == 2 )
  	isSubmit = false;
	
 //get img name
   var bImageName=(bName.toLowerCase())+".gif";

   var buttonString;

	var ind=bTarget.indexOf("javascript:") ;
	if(ind !=-1)
	{
	     bTarget=bTarget.substr(ind+11);
	}



  if (isSubmit) 
        buttonString = '<A href="javascript: void (0);" onclick="if(submitOn ()){'
  else
        buttonString = '<A href="javascript: void (0);" onclick="'
	



	buttonString += bTarget
	
	
  if (isSubmit) 
	buttonString += ' }; return (false); ">';
  else
	buttonString += ' return (false); ">';

	buttonString += '<IMG src="images/' +bImageName+ '" border=0></a>';
	document.write( buttonString );
	document.close ();
  


} // end fun PlaceButton