function windowStatus( message )
{
	window.status = message;
	return true;
}

function setHelp( title, description )
{
	//get the tag
	var infoTag = document.getElementById("helpBox");

	if (infoTag != null) {
	    //remove existing childs
	    while (infoTag.hasChildNodes())
	        infoTag.removeChild(infoTag.firstChild);

	    //no need to build empty tags
	    if (title.length == 0 && description.length == 0)
	        return;

	    //create Text Nodes
	    titleNode = document.createTextNode(title);

	    //create span for title
	    titleSpan = document.createElement('div');
	    titleSpan.setAttribute("class", "helpTitle");
	    titleSpan.appendChild(titleNode);

	    infoTag.appendChild(titleSpan);

        var splitResult = description.split("\n"); 
	    for (var i in splitResult ) {
	        //create span for description
	        descSpan = document.createElement('span');
	        descSpan.setAttribute("class", "helpDescription");
	        descSpan.appendChild(document.createTextNode(splitResult[i]));

	        //create extra nodesnodes
	        brNode = document.createElement('br');

	        //add to document
	        infoTag.appendChild(descSpan);
	        infoTag.appendChild(brNode);
	    }
	    //remove the last br
	    infoTag.removeChild(infoTag.lastChild);
	}
}

function clearHelp() {
    setHelp('', '');
}



function FP_swapImg() {//v1.0
 var doc=document,args=arguments,elm,n; doc.$imgSwaps=new Array(); for(n=2; n<args.length;
 n+=2) { elm=FP_getObjectByID(args[n]); if(elm) { doc.$imgSwaps[doc.$imgSwaps.length]=elm;
 elm.$src=elm.src; elm.src=args[n+1]; } }
}

function FP_preloadImgs() {//v1.0
 var d=document,a=arguments; if(!d.FP_imgs) d.FP_imgs=new Array();
 for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) { d.FP_imgs[i]=new Image; d.FP_imgs[i].src=a[i]; }
}

function FP_getObjectByID(id,o) {//v1.0
 var c,el,els,f,m,n; if(!o)o=document; if(o.getElementById) el=o.getElementById(id);
 else if(o.layers) c=o.layers; else if(o.all) el=o.all[id]; if(el) return el;
 if(o.id==id || o.name==id) return o; if(o.childNodes) c=o.childNodes; if(c)
 for(n=0; n<c.length; n++) { el=FP_getObjectByID(id,c[n]); if(el) return el; }
 f=o.forms; if(f) for(n=0; n<f.length; n++) { els=f[n].elements;
 for(m=0; m<els.length; m++){ el=FP_getObjectByID(id,els[n]); if(el) return el; } }
 return null;
}