function newExcitingAlerts(){
    if(!_hasFocus && (_timeoutId == null)){
		_oldTitle = document.title;
		_timeoutId = setInterval(function(){ document.title = document.title == "New Messages!" ? " " : "New Messages!"; }, 1000);
	}
}

function findPosX(obj){
	var curleft = 0;
	if(obj.offsetParent){
		while(1){
			curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
			if(!obj.offsetParent) break;
			obj = obj.offsetParent;
		}
	}else if(obj.x){
		curleft += obj.x;
	}
	return curleft;
}
function findPosY(obj){
	var curtop = 0;
	if(obj.offsetParent){
		while(1){
			curtop += obj.offsetTop;
			if(!obj.offsetParent) break;
			obj = obj.offsetParent;
		}
	}else if(obj.y){
		curtop += obj.y;
	}
	return curtop;
}

function selectionSetVal(sel, val){
	//try{ sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].selected = false; }catch(e){}
	try{ sel.options[0].selected = true; }catch(e){}
	for(var i=0; i<sel.length; i++){
		if(sel.options[i].value == val){
			sel.options[i].selected = true;		break;
		}
	}
}
function clearDynaList(oList){
	for (var i=oList.options.length; i>=0; i--){ oList.options[i] = null; }
	oList.selectedIndex = -1;
}
function populateDynaList(oList, aArray, j){
	for (var i=1; i<aArray.length; i++){
		if(trim(aArray[i]) != ''){ oList.options[++j] = new Option(aArray[i], aArray[i]); }
	}
	oList.selectedIndex = 0; 
}

var setGradient = (function(){
	 
	//private variables;
	var p_dCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
	var p_useCanvas =  !!( typeof(p_dCanvas.getContext) == 'function');
	var p_dCtx = p_useCanvas?p_dCanvas.getContext('2d'):null;
	var p_isIE = /*@cc_on!@*/false;
	 
	
	//test if toDataURL() is supported by Canvas since Safari may not support it
	try{   p_dCtx.canvas.toDataURL() }catch(err){
		  p_useCanvas = false ;
	};
         
	if(p_useCanvas){
	   
	   return function (dEl , sColor1 , sColor2 , bRepeatY ){
			
			if(typeof(dEl) == 'string') dEl =  document.getElementById(dEl);
			if(!dEl) return false;
			var nW = dEl.offsetWidth;
			var nH = dEl.offsetHeight;
			p_dCanvas.width = nW;
			p_dCanvas.height = nH;
			
		
			var dGradient;
			var sRepeat;
			// Create gradients
			if(bRepeatY){
				dGradient = p_dCtx.createLinearGradient(0,0,nW,0);
				sRepeat = 'repeat-y';
			}else{
				dGradient = p_dCtx.createLinearGradient(0,0,0,nH);
				sRepeat = 'repeat-x';
			}		
			
			dGradient.addColorStop(0,sColor1);
			dGradient.addColorStop(1,sColor2);				
			
			p_dCtx.fillStyle = dGradient ; 
			p_dCtx.fillRect(0,0,nW,nH);
			var sDataUrl = p_dCtx.canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
			
			with(dEl.style){
				backgroundRepeat = sRepeat;
				backgroundImage = 'url(' + sDataUrl + ')';
				backgroundColor = sColor2;    
			};
	   }
	}else if(p_isIE){
		
		p_dCanvas = p_useCanvas = p_dCtx =  null;		
		return function (dEl , sColor1 , sColor2 , bRepeatY){
			if(typeof(dEl) == 'string') dEl =  document.getElementById(dEl);
			if(!dEl) return false;
			dEl.style.zoom = 1;
			var sF = dEl.currentStyle.filter;
			dEl.style.filter += ' ' + ['progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.gradient(	GradientType=',  +(!!bRepeatY ),',enabled=true,startColorstr=',sColor1,', endColorstr=',sColor2,')'].join('');
		    
		};
	
	}else{
		
		p_dCanvas = p_useCanvas = p_dCtx =  null;
		return function(dEl , sColor1 , sColor2  ){
			
			if(typeof(dEl) == 'string') dEl =  document.getElementById(dEl);
			if(!dEl) return false;
			with(dEl.style){
				 backgroundColor = sColor2; 
			};
			//alert('your browser does not support gradient effet');
		}
	}
})();

function dump(arr,level) {
	var dumped_text = "";
	if(!level) level = 0;
	
	//The padding given at the beginning of the line.
	var level_padding = "";
	for(var j=0;j<level+1;j++) level_padding += "    ";
	
	if(typeof(arr) == 'object') { //Array/Hashes/Objects 
		for(var item in arr) {
			var value = arr[item];
			
			if(typeof(value) == 'object') { //If it is an array,
				dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' ...\n";
				dumped_text += dump(value,level+1);
			} else {
				dumped_text += level_padding + "'" + item + "' => \"" + value + "\"\n";
			}
		}
	} else { //Stings/Chars/Numbers etc.
		dumped_text = "===>"+arr+"<===("+typeof(arr)+")";
	}
	return dumped_text;
}

function trim(str, chars) {
	return ltrim(rtrim(str, chars), chars);
}
function ltrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("^[" + chars + "]+", "g"), "");
}
function rtrim(str, chars) {
	chars = chars || "\\s";
	return str.replace(new RegExp("[" + chars + "]+$", "g"), "");
}