function $() {
	var elements = new Array();
	for (var i=0;i<arguments.length;i++) {
		var element = arguments[i];
		if (typeof element == 'string') element = document.getElementById(element);
		if (arguments.length == 1) return element;
		elements.push(element);
	}
	return elements;
	alert(elements);
	alert("foo");
	
}

var BoxHeights = {
	maxh: 0,
	boxes: Array(),
	num: 0,
	equalise: function() {
		this.num = arguments.length;
		for (var i=0;i<this.num;i++) if (!$(arguments[i])) return;
		this.boxes = arguments;
		this.maxheight();
		for (var i=0;i<this.num;i++) $(arguments[i]).style.height = this.maxh+"px";
	},
	maxheight: function() {
		var heights = new Array();
		for (var i=0;i<this.num;i++) heights.push($(this.boxes[i]).scrollHeight);
		heights.sort(this.sortNumeric);
		this.maxh = heights[this.num-1];
	},
	sortNumeric: function(f,s) {
		return f-s;
	}
}

  
  //XMLhttp commands
  //onclick="makeRequest('params/email.html', 'params');"

    var http_request = false;

    function makeRequest(url) {

        http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {
                try {
                    http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

    function alertContents() {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
			MM_setTextOfLayer('param_layer','',http_request.responseText)
            
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }

function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_setTextOfLayer(objName,x,newText) { //v4.01
  if ((obj=MM_findObj(objName))!=null) with (obj)
    if (document.layers) {document.write(unescape(newText)); document.close();}
    else innerHTML = unescape(newText);
}
function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}
function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}