/*
    utils
*/
    function ValidateOfferSelection(box)
    {
        var thisForm = document.forms[0];       //the Form
        var formItem = box.name;                //the order item selected for purchase

        var itemArray = new Array();            //the order item selected for purchase in an Array() to split underscores(_)
        var formArray = new Array();            //the whole form in an Array()

        itemArray = formItem.split('_');        
        
        for (i = 0; i < thisForm.length; i++)  
        {   
            formArray = thisForm.elements[i].name.split('_');
            if ( itemArray[1] == formArray[1] )
            {  
                var firstItem = itemArray[0]+'_'+itemArray[1]+'_'+itemArray[2];
                var dupeItems = formArray[0]+'_'+formArray[1]+'_'+formArray[2];
               
                if (counter < 3)
                {
                    if( document.frmOrder[dupeItems].length != null )
                    {
                        for( j = 0; j < document.frmOrder[dupeItems].length; j++ )
                        {
                            if( document.frmOrder[dupeItems][j] != box && document.frmOrder[dupeItems][j].checked )
                            {
                                box.checked = false;
                                alert( "You have already selected this magazine.\nPlease review your selections." );
                                return;   
                            }
                        }
                    }
                    else
                    {
                        if( dupeItems != formItem && document.frmOrder[dupeItems].checked )
                        {
                            box.checked = false;
                            alert( "You have already selected this magazine.\nPlease review your selections." );
                            return;
                        }
                    }
                    document.frmOrder[firstItem].checked = box.checked;
                }
            }
        }
        
        if (box.checked) counter++;
        else counter--;
            
        if (counter > 3)
        {
            box.checked = false;
            counter--;
            alert ("You may order up to three magazines only.\nPlease review your selections.");
        }

        if (counter < 0)
        {
            counter = 0;
            document.forms[0].reset();
        }
    }  

    function string_GetURLValue(string_name)    {
        var string_queryString = new String(document.location.search);
        if(string_queryString.charAt(0)=="?")   {
            string_queryString = string_queryString.substring(1)
        }
        if(string_queryString.length==0)return "";
        array_nameValuePairs = string_queryString.split("&");
        for(int_counter=0; int_counter < array_nameValuePairs.length; int_counter++)    {
            if(array_nameValuePairs[int_counter].split("=")[0].toUpperCase() == string_name.toUpperCase())  {
                return unescape(array_nameValuePairs[int_counter].split("=").slice(1).join('='));
            }
        }
        return "";
    }

/*
AppendPrePopInfo
edited 08.29.2007, markm
modified to use global fAppendQueryString function

*/
function AppendPrePopInfo(inStrURL)
{
	inStrURL = fQueryStringFixer(inStrURL);
	document.location.href = inStrURL
}


/*
AppendPrePopInfoNewWindow
edited 08.29.2007, markm
modified to use global fAppendQueryString function

*/
function AppendPrePopInfoNewWindow(inStrURL)
{
	inStrURL = fAppendQueryString(inStrURL);
	var w = "800"
	var h = "600"
	var expdateLong = new Date()
	mynewwin = window.open(inStrURL,'newwindow'+expdateLong.getTime(), 'width=' + w + ',height=' + h + ',status=yes,menubar=yes,scrollable=yes,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,top=0,left=0')       
}

/*
fAppendQueryString
added 08.29.2007, markm
so all functions get the same info.
*/

function fAppendQueryString(inStrURL){
	inStrURL = fQueryStringFixer(inStrURL); //test & fix if necessary.

	var strQS="";
	strQS += "ti=" + string_GetURLValue("ti"); //yes, do not put "&" delimieter on the first item.
	strQS += "&fn=" + string_GetURLValue("fn");
	strQS += "&ln=" + string_GetURLValue("ln");
	strQS += "&a1=" + string_GetURLValue("a1");
	strQS += "&a2=" + string_GetURLValue("a2");
	strQS += "&ci=" + string_GetURLValue("ci");
	strQS += "&st=" + string_GetURLValue("st");
	strQS += "&zi=" + string_GetURLValue("zi");
	strQS += "&em=" + string_GetURLValue("em");
	
	//added 08.29.2007, markm	
	//get the EDID from the SB cookie
	if (GetCookie("SB")) {//if the SB cookie exists...
		if(getNameVal("SB","edid")){ //if edid is NOT undefidned...
			strQS += "&edid=" + getNameVal("SB","edid"); //add it to the querystring
		}
	}	
	
	return inStrURL+strQS; //
}

/*
fQueryStringFixer
added 08.29.2007, markm
Looks for an instance of ? and &.
*/
function fQueryStringFixer(inStrURL){
	var strLastChar = inStrURL.charAt(inStrURL.length-1);	
	var bHasEndDel = false;//degfault.boolean: has END Delimiter "&" or "?"
	var strAppend="";
	
	if(strLastChar== "?" || strLastChar== "&"){
		bHasEndDel = true;
	}

	if(!bHasEndDel){
		//does it have a "question mark" or "&"?
		if(inStrURL.indexOf("?")==-1){
			strAppend="?"; //if not, add it
		}else{
			strAppend="&"; //otherwise use AMP
		}
	}		
	
	return inStrURL+strAppend;
}


/*DateLessThan*/
    function DateLessThan(d1,d2)
    {
        if (d1.getYear()<d2.getYear())
            return true

        if (d1.getYear()>d2.getYear())
            return false

        //we know years are  == below here
        if(d1.getMonth()<d2.getMonth())
            return true
        if (d1.getMonth()>d2.getMonth())
            return false

        //we know months are  == below here
        if(d1.getDate()<=d2.getDate())
            return true
        if (d1.getDate()>d2.getDate())
            return false

    }

    function ShortDate()
    {
        var d, s = ""
        d = new Date()
        s += (d.getMonth() + 1) + "/"
        s += d.getDate() + "/"
        s += d.getYear()
        return s                               
    }

    var sbCookie = GetCookie("SBSession")
    var badCookie = sbCookie != null && DateLessThan(new Date(getNameVal("SBSession","SessionDate")), new Date("Tue Feb 10 00:00:00 EST 2004"))
    //alert( badCookie )
    if(badCookie)
    {
       document.cookie = "SBSession=; expires=Fri, 02-Jan-1970 00:00:00 GMT"
    }

    if (sbCookie == null || badCookie)
    {
        var expdateLong = new Date();
        var ar1 = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789";
        var ar2 = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
        var ar3 = "ABCDEFGHIJKL0123456789MNOPQRSTUVWXYZ";
        var ar4 = "56789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ01234";
        var ar5 = "01234ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ56789";
        var sID = "";
        
        var years = 8;
        var today = new Date();
        var expires = new Date(today.getTime() + (years * 365 * 24*60*60*1000));
        
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += "-";
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += "-";
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += "-";
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += "-";
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar3.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar4.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar5.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar1.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        sID += ar2.substr(Math.random()*30,1);
        
        document.cookie = "SBSession=" + escape("Session="+sID) + escape(";SessionDate="+ ShortDate()) +"; path=/ ; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
    } 

/*
    legacy functions
*/
    function parseURL() {
        var winURL = window.location.toString();
        var iID     = winURL.indexOf("ID_Type=");        
        var iSource = winURL.indexOf("Source=");
        var iSegment    = winURL.indexOf("Segment_SourceKey=");
        var iV = winURL.indexOf("v=");
        var iTC = winURL.indexOf("tc=");
        var iDestId = winURL.indexOf("destId=");
        var iForeign = winURL.indexOf("foreign=");

        if ( iID == -1 || iSource == - 1 || iSegment == -1 ) {
            document.frmOrder.ID_Type.value             = -1;
            document.frmOrder.Source.value              = -1;
            document.frmOrder.Segment_sourceKey.value   = -1;
        }else {
            document.frmOrder.ID_Type.value             =  winURL.substring(iID+8,(winURL.indexOf("&",iID+8)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iID+8) );
            document.frmOrder.Source.value              =  winURL.substring(iSource+7,(winURL.indexOf("&",iSource+7)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iSource+7) );
            document.frmOrder.Segment_sourceKey.value   =  winURL.substring(iSegment+18,(winURL.indexOf("&",iSegment+18)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iSegment+18) );
        }

        if((document.frmOrder.tcIdA) && (document.frmOrder.tcIdB) ) {
            if ( iV == -1 || iTC == -1) {
                document.frmOrder.tcIdA.value       = -1;
                document.frmOrder.tcIdB.value     = -1; 
            } else {
                document.frmOrder.tcIdA.value   = winURL.substring(iV+2,(winURL.indexOf("&",iV+2)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iV+2) );
                document.frmOrder.tcIdB.value   = winURL.substring(iTC+3,(winURL.indexOf("&",iTC+3)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iTC+3) );
            }   
        }

        if(document.frmOrder.destId) {
            if ( iDestId > 0) {
                 document.frmOrder.destId.value   = winURL.substring(iDestId+7,(winURL.indexOf("&",iDestId+7)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iDestId+7) );
            }       
        } 

        if(document.frmOrder.foreign) {
            if ( iForeign > 0) {
                 document.frmOrder.foreign.value   = winURL.substring(iForeign+8,(winURL.indexOf("&",iForeign+8)==-1)?winURL.length:winURL.indexOf("&",iForeign+8) );
            }       
        } 

    }

    function init() {
        if (!document.layers)   {
            document.frmOrder.reset();
        }
        parseURL();
        document.frmOrder.OSType.value = new String(navigator.userAgent).replace(";"," ");
        document.frmOrder.BrowserType.value = new String(navigator.appName).replace(";"," ");
    }

//This function is used to retrieve a value from a name value pair
//stored in a cookie.  There are several assumptions being made
//each one is tested for and a false value is returned if the assumptions/requirements
//are not met
//1.  The cookie name value pairs are delimited by a semicolon ";"
//2.  Each name value pair is delimited by an equal sign "name=value"
function getNameVal(cookieName,valName) 
{
    
    var cookieString;
    var cookieArray;
    var nameValArray;
    var nameValStr;
    var nameValLength;
    var i;
    
    cookieString = GetCookie(cookieName);
    
    if (cookieString == null)
    {
        return false;
    }
    
    cookieArray = getStringArr(cookieString,";");
    
    if (cookieArray.length == 0) 
    {
        return false;
    }
        
    nameValStr = setArrayStr(cookieArray,"=");
    nameValArray = getStringArr(nameValStr,"=");
    
    if (nameValArray == 0)
    {
        //alert("Debugg -- nameValArray == 0");
        return false;
    }
    
    nameValLength = nameValArray.length;
    
    for (i = 0; i < nameValLength;)
    {
        //alert(nameValArray[i]);
        if (nameValArray[i] == valName)
        {
            //alert(nameValArray[i+1]);
            //return stringReplace(nameValArray[i+1], "+", " ");
            return unescape(nameValArray[i+1]);
        }
        i=i+1; //increment every other array member to just get the key values
    }
    //alert("no entry found in the " + cookieName + " for " + valName);
}


//Purpose of this function is to create a "symbol" delimited
//string out of an array of values
function setArrayStr(strArray,sDelimiter)
{
    var arrLength;
    var sReturn = ""; 
    var i; 
    arrLength = strArray.length;
    if (arrLength == 0)
    {
        //alert("Nothing to concatenate");
        return false;
    }
    else
    {
        for (i=0;i<arrLength;i++)
        {
            sReturn = sReturn + strArray[i] + sDelimiter; 
            
        }
    }
    return sReturn
}   
    
    
    
//Purpose of this function is to create a string array
//out of a "symbol" delimited string
function getStringArr(strCookieVals,sDelimiter)
{
    var sReturn
    sReturn = (sDelimiter.length > 0)? strCookieVals.split(sDelimiter) : false;
    if (! sReturn)
    {
        alert("Delimiter not specified")
        return false
    }
    else
    {   
        return sReturn
    }
}
    
    
function checkCookieEnable(sRedirect)
{
    var sCheckCookieName = "check"
    var sCheckCookieVal = "000"
    var sCookieVal = ""
    var expdate = new Date ();
    expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + (24 * 60 * 60 * 1000));
    SetCookie(sCheckCookieName,sCheckCookieVal,expdate);
    sCookieVal = GetCookie(sCheckCookieName)
    DeleteCookie(sCheckCookieName,"/")
    
    if (sCookieVal==null)
    {
        document.location.href = sRedirect
    }
}

function getCookieVal (offset) {
  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
  if (endstr == -1)
    endstr = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
//
//  Function to correct for 2.x Mac date bug.  Call this function to
//  fix a date object prior to passing it to SetCookie.
//  IMPORTANT:  This function should only be called *once* for
//  any given date object!  See example at the end of this document.
//
function FixCookieDate (date) {
  var base = new Date(0);
  var skew = base.getTime(); // dawn of (Unix) time - should be 0
  if (skew > 0)  // Except on the Mac - ahead of its time
    date.setTime (date.getTime() - skew);
}
//
//  Function to return the value of the cookie specified by "name".
//    name - String object containing the cookie name.
//    returns - String object containing the cookie value, or null if
//      the cookie does not exist.
//
function GetCookie (name) {
  var arg = name + "=";
  var alen = arg.length;
  var clen = document.cookie.length;
  var i = 0;
  while (i < clen) {
    var j = i + alen;
    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
      return getCookieVal (j);
    i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
    if (i == 0) break; 
  }
  return null;
}
//

//
//  The first two parameters are required.  The others, if supplied, must
//  be passed in the order listed above.  To omit an unused optional field,
//  use null as a place holder.  For example, to call SetCookie using name,
//  value and path, you would code:
//
//      SetCookie ("myCookieName", "myCookieValue", null, "/");
function SetCookie (name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

//  Function to delete a cookie. (Sets expiration date to start of epoch)
//    name -   String object containing the cookie name
//    path -   String object containing the path of the cookie to delete.  This MUST
//             be the same as the path used to create the cookie, or null/omitted if
//             no path was specified when creating the cookie.
//    domain - String object containing the domain of the cookie to delete.  This MUST
//             be the same as the domain used to create the cookie, or null/omitted if
//             no domain was specified when creating the cookie.
//
function DeleteCookie (name,path,domain) {
return;
  if (GetCookie(name)) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
  }
}

checkCookieEnable("/errors/cookiesoff.html")

/*
    email validation
*/

function lTrim(x) {
    if (x.length == 0) {
        return "";
    }

    while( x.charAt(0)==" ") {
        x = x.substring( 1, x.length );
    }
    
    return x;
 
} 

function rTrim(x) {
    if (x.length == 0) {
        return "";
    }
    
    while ( x.charAt( x.length-1 ) == " " ){
         x = x.substring(0, x.length-1 );
    }
    
    return x;
}


function allTrim(x) {
    x = rTrim( lTrim(x) );
    return x;
}

var oEmailField;
//alert("Loaded")
function checkEmail(idx, sMsg)
{

    oEmailField = document.frmOrder.Email;
        var sVal = allTrim(document.frmOrder.Email.value);
    document.frmOrder.Email.value = sVal;
        var sOldVal = sVal ;
    var bOK = basicEmailCheck(sVal);
   
   
    if ( ! bOK ) {
        return false;
    }
    else{
        // make sure the login form doesn't pick this up
        //if ( idx.form.name != "frmNewEntry" ){
        //  return true;
        //}
    }    
           
    sVal = emailHygeine(sVal);
    

  
    // if it was changed, run the popup
    if (sVal.toLowerCase() != sOldVal.toLowerCase()) {
    
        var sURL;
        sURL = "/aq/invalidemail.html?rec=" + sVal;
        sURL = sURL + "&ent=" + sOldVal ;
        
        var w = "510";
        var h = "320";
        var expdateLong = new Date();
        mynewwin = window.open(sURL,'newwindow'+expdateLong.getTime(), 'width=' + w + ',height=' + h + ',status=yes,menubar=no,scrollable=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,screenX=0,screenY=0,top=0,left=0');
        return false;
    }
    else {    
        idx.value = sVal.toLowerCase();
        return true;
    }
}

function doUnload() {
  if (window.mynewwin && window.mynewwin.open && !window.mynewwin.closed)
  window.mynewwin.opener = null;
}

function basicEmailCheck(sVal) {
    //*****************
    // DEBUG
    //alert("in  basicemailcheck() ...");
    //*****************
    
    // There is a some kludging here for NS
    var oReg = /[^@\s][^@\s]+@[^@\s][^@\s]+\.[a-z]{2,4}/i  

    var bOK = oReg.test(sVal);
    var sErr = "Please enter a valid email address\n(e.g. username@pch.com).";
   
    if ( ! bOK ) {
        alert( sErr );
        document.frmOrder.Email.focus();
        return false;
    }    
    return true;
    //return false;
}
/**/
    function callbackRec(sVal) {
        document.frmOrder.Email.value = sVal;

        var bOK = basicEmailCheck(sVal)
        if ( ! bOK ) {
            return false;
        }

        document.frmOrder.submit();
    }

    function callbackEnt(sVal) {
        document.frmOrder.Email.value = sVal;
        var bOK = basicEmailCheck(sVal)
        if ( ! bOK ) {
            return false;
        }
        document.frmOrder.submit();
    }

    function callbackNew(sVal) {
        document.frmOrder.Email.value = sVal;

        if ( checkEmail(document.frmOrder.Email,"Email") ) {
            document.frmOrder.submit();
        }
    }



function emailHygeine(sVal) {
	var httpConn = new XmlHttpConn();

	if (!httpConn || !sVal) return sVal;	 

	httpConn.connectSync("/emailHygiene/emailHygiene.aspx", "GET", "email=" + sVal ) ;
	
	var sValOut =  httpConn.getXmlHttp().responseText;
	
	if(!sValOut	|| sValOut == "undefined" || sValOut.indexOf("Error:") == 0) 
		return sVal
	else
		return sValOut 
}




var gImageServer;
var gAkamaiHTTP = 'a1708.g.akamai.net/f/1708/179/1h/';
var gAkamaiHTTPS = 'a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/179/1h/';
var gAkamaiHTTP_test = 'a1708.g.akamai.net/f/1708/179/1m/';
var gAkamaiHTTPS_test = 'a248.e.akamai.net/f/248/179/1m/';

if (window.location.host.substring(0,2) == 'i3')
{
    if (window.location.protocol == 'http:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'http://';
    }
    else if (window.location.protocol == 'https:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'https://';
    }
    gImageServer += window.location.host;
}
else if ((window.location.host.substring(0,6) == 'pchdev') || (window.location.host.substring(0,2) =='38'))
{
    if (window.location.protocol == 'http:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'http://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTP;
    }
    else if (window.location.protocol == 'https:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'https://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTPS;
    }
    gImageServer += '38.203.242.3';
}
else if (window.location.host.indexOf("test") != -1)
{
    //test server
    if (window.location.protocol == 'http:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'http://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTP_test;
    }
    else if (window.location.protocol == 'https:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'https://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTPS_test;
    }
    gImageServer += 'image.pch.com';
    gImageServer += '/testImages2';
}
else
{
    if (window.location.protocol == 'http:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'http://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTP;
    }
    else if (window.location.protocol == 'https:')
    {
      gImageServer = 'https://';
      gImageServer += gAkamaiHTTPS;
    }
    gImageServer += 'image.pch.com';
}

function getImageServerPath2(sVal)
{
    var sImageServer;
    sImageServer = '<img src="';
    sImageServer += gImageServer;
    sImageServer += sVal;
    return sImageServer;
}


function XmlHttpConn()
{
	var xmlhttp, bComplete = false;

	try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
	catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
	catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
	catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }}}
	if (!xmlhttp) return null;

	this.connectBase = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone, async)
	{
		if (!xmlhttp) return false;
			bComplete = false;
			sMethod = sMethod.toUpperCase();

			try {
			  if (sMethod == "GET")
			  {
				xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL+"?"+sVars, async);
				sVars = "";
			  }
			  else
			  {
				xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL, async);
				xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST "+sURL+" HTTP/1.1");
				xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
				  "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			  }

					if(async)
					{
						xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
						if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && !bComplete)
						{
							bComplete = true;
							fnDone(xmlhttp);
						}};
					}

					xmlhttp.send(sVars);
			}
			catch(z) { return false; }
				return true;
		};

		this.connectSync = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars)
		{
			 var emptyFunc  = function x(){};
			 return this.connectBase(sURL, sMethod, sVars, emptyFunc , false)
		}

		this.connect = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone)
		{
			  return this.connectBase(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone, true)
		}

		this.getXmlHttp = function()
		{
			  return xmlhttp;
		}

		return this;
}

function writeElement(inStrTag, inStrAttribs, inStrTxt) {
/*
inStrTag = the type of object you want to create
inStrAttribs = list of attribites associated with this object (ex. 'border=0 align=center') seperated by SPACE (delimeter1) and = (delimeter2). NO QUOTES!
inStrTxt = the display text within the object (ex. <span>Hello World!</span>)
*/
	if (!document.createElement) {return};
	var objO; // our object
	var locSrc, locID, boolSet;
	inStrTag=inStrTag.toLowerCase()//make it lowercase for consistancy and comparisons
	if (!objO && document.createElement) {
		var objO=document.createElement(inStrTag);
		//SET ATTIBUTES!
		if(inStrAttribs!=""){
			var arrAttSub;
			if(inStrAttribs.indexOf(" ")==-1){//only ONE attribute to set :. no loop
				boolSet=false;//always reset
				arrAttSub=inStrAttribs.split("=");
				switch(arrAttSub[0].toLowerCase()){
					case "src":
						locSrc=arrAttSub[1];//set locSrc var to be used later
						break;
					case "id":
						locID=arrAttSub[1];//set locID var to ve used later
						break;
				}
				if(arrAttSub[0].toLowerCase()=="style"){
					if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0){
						//b/c IE doesnt like setting the style with "setAttribute"
						objO.style.setAttribute("csstext",arrAttSub[1],0);
						boolSet=true;
					}
				}
				if(!boolSet){
					objO.setAttribute(arrAttSub[0],arrAttSub[1]);
				}
			}else{
				var arrAtts = inStrAttribs.split(" ");
				for(var ifor=0;ifor<arrAtts.length;ifor++){
					arrAttSub=arrAtts[ifor].split("=");
					switch(arrAttSub[0].toLowerCase()){
						case "src":
							locSrc=arrAttSub[1];//set locSrc var to be used later
							break;
						case "id":
							locID=arrAttSub[1];//set locID var to ve used later
							break;
					}

					if(arrAttSub[0].toLowerCase()=="style"){
						if(navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0){
							//b/c IE doesnt like setting the style with "setAttribute"
							objO.style.setAttribute("csstext",arrAttSub[1],0);
							boolSet=true;
						}
					}
					if(!boolSet){
						objO.setAttribute(arrAttSub[0],arrAttSub[1])
					}
				}
			}
		}
		if(inStrTxt!="") objO.innerHTML=inStrTxt;
		document.body.appendChild(objO);
		if(inStrTag=="iframe"){
			if (document.frames) {
				// this is for IE5 Mac, because it will only
				// allow access to the document object
				// of the IFrame if we access it through
				// the document.frames array
				objO = document.frames[locID];
			}
		}
	}

	if(inStrTag=="iframe"){//special iframe code...
		var IFrameDoc;
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf('Gecko') !=-1 && !objO.contentDocument) {
			// we have to give NS6 a fraction of a second
			// to recognize the new IFrame
			setTimeout('writeElement()',10);
			return;
		}

		if(objO.contentDocument){
			// For NS6
			IFrameDoc = objO.contentDocument;
		}else if(objO.contentWindow){
			// For IE5.5 and IE6
			IFrameDoc = objO.contentWindow.document;
		}else{
			return;
		}
		locSrc=unescape(locSrc)
		IFrameDoc.location.replace(locSrc);
	}
}

function writeHiddenIframe(inStrSrc){
	//seperated by spaces(delimeter 1) and = (delimeter 2)
	inStrSrc=escape(inStrSrc);
	var strAttribs="src="+inStrSrc+" style=border:0px;width:0px;height:0px;"
	writeElement("iframe",strAttribs,"")
}