function getSelectedRadio(buttonGroup) {
  // returns the array number of the selected radio button or-1 if no button is selected
  if (buttonGroup[0]) { // if the button group is an array(one button is not an array)
    for (var i=0; i<buttonGroup.length; i++) {
      if (buttonGroup[i].checked) {
         return i
      }
    }
  } else {
    if (buttonGroup.checked) { return 0; } // if the one  button is checked, return zero
  }
  // if we get to this point, no radio button is selected
  return -1;
} // Ends the "getSelectedRadio" function

function getSelectedRadioValue(buttonGroup) {
  // returns the value of the selected radio button or "" if no button is selected
  var i = getSelectedRadio(buttonGroup);
  if (i == -1) {
     return "";
  } else {
    if (buttonGroup[i]) { // Make sure the button group is an array (not just one button)
      return buttonGroup[i].value;
    } else { // The button group is just the one button, and it is checked
      return buttonGroup.value;
    }
  }
} // Ends the "getSelectedRadioValue" function

function getSelectedCheckbox(buttonGroup) {
  // Go through all the check boxes. return an array of all the ones
  // that are selected (their position numbers). if no boxes were checked,
  // returned array will be empty (length will be zero)
  var retArr = new Array();
  var lastElement = 0;
  if (buttonGroup[0]) { // if the button group is an array (one check box is not an array)
    for (var i=0; i<buttonGroup.length; i++) {
      if (buttonGroup[i].checked) {
        retArr.length = lastElement;
        retArr[lastElement] = i;
        lastElement++;
      }
    }
  } else { // There is only one check box (it's not an array)
    if (buttonGroup.checked) { // if the one check box is checked
      retArr.length = lastElement;
      retArr[lastElement] = 0; // return zero as the only array value
    }
  }
  return retArr;
} // Ends the "getSelectedCheckbox" function

function getSelectedCheckboxValue(buttonGroup) {
  // return an array of values selected in the check box group. if no boxes
  // were checked, returned array will be empty (length will be zero)
  var retArr = new Array(); // set up empty array for the return values
  var selectedItems = getSelectedCheckbox(buttonGroup);
  if (selectedItems.length != 0) { // if there was something  selected
    retArr.length = selectedItems.length;
    for (var i=0; i<selectedItems.length; i++) {
      if (buttonGroup[selectedItems[i]]) { // Make sure it's an array
        retArr[i] = buttonGroup[selectedItems[i]].value;
      } else { // It's not an array (there's just one check box and it's selected)
        retArr[i] = buttonGroup.value;// return that value
      }
    }
  }
  return retArr;
} // Ends the "getSelectedCheckBoxValue" function

function cancelSubmit (form)
{
    return (false);
}

function selectItemFromList (selectList, item)
{
   for (var i = 0; i < selectList.length; i++) {
       if (item == selectList[i].text) {
           if (document.getElementById) {
               selectList.selectedIndex = i;
           } else {
              selectList[i].selected = true;
           }
       }
   } 
}

/* Retrieve selected text value from specified list */
function get_selected(l)
{
  i = l.selectedIndex;
  return l.options[i].text;
}

/* Retrieve the select */
function get_selected_value(l)
{
  i = l.selectedIndex;
  return l.options[i].value;
}