/*
function replaces extended characters of 'text' with its character
entities.
call the function by default with output = false. if you switch it
to true
it will format the source code for output in a textarea.
*/
function encodeHTML(text) {
	text = text.replace(eval('/&/g'), '&');
	fromTo = new Array('&AElig;','Æ','&Aacute;','Á','&Acirc;','Â','&Agrave;','À','&Aring;','Å','&Atilde;', 'Ã','&Auml;','Ä','&Ccedil;','Ç','&ETH;','Ð','&Eacute;','É','&Ecirc;','Ê','&Egrave;','È ','&Euml;','Ë','&Iacute;','Í','&Icirc;','Î','&Igrave;','Ì','&Iuml;','Ï','&Ntilde;','Ñ', '&Oacute;','Ó','&Ocirc;','Ô','&Ograve;','Ò','&Oslash;','Ø','&Otilde;','Õ','&Ouml;','Ö','&THORN; ','Þ','&Uacute;','Ú','&Ucirc;','Û','&Ugrave;','Ù','&Uuml;','Ü','&Yacute;','Ý','&aacute;', 'á','&acirc;','â','&aelig;','æ','&agrave;','à','&aring;','å','&atilde;','ã','&auml;','ä ','&brvbar;','¦','&ccedil;','ç','&cent;','¢','&copy;','©','&deg;','°','&eacute;','é', '&ecirc;','ê','&egrave;','è','&eth;','ð','&euml;','ë','&frac12;','½','&frac14;','¼','&frac34; ','¾','&gt;','>','&gt','>','&iacute;','í','&icirc;','î','&iexcl;','¡','&igrave;','ì','&iquest;','¿','&iuml;','ï', '&laquo;','«','&lt;','<','&lt','<','&mdash;','—','&micro;','µ','&middot;','·','&ndash;','–','&not;','¬','&ntilde;','ñ', '&oacute;','ó','&ocirc;','ô','&ograve;','ò','&oslash;','ø','&otilde;','õ','&ouml;','ö','&para;','¶','&plusmn;','±','&pound;',' £','&quot;','\"','&raquo;','»','&reg;','®','&sect;','§','&shy;','*','&sup1;','¹','&sup2;','²', '&sup3;','³','&szlig;','ß','&thorn;','þ','&tilde;','˜','&trade;','™','&uacute;','ú','&ucirc; ','û','&ugrave;','ù','&uuml;','ü','&yacute;','ý','&yen;','¥','&yuml;','ÿ');

//	if (output) {
//		fromTo[fromTo.length] = '&amp;';
//		fromTo[fromTo.length] = '&';
//	}
	for (i=0; i < fromTo.length; i=i+2)
		text = text.replace(eval('/'+fromTo[i+1]+'/g'), fromTo[i])
	return (text);
}

function decodeHTML(text) {
	text = text.replace(eval('/&/g'), '&amp;');
	fromTo = new Array('&AElig;','Æ','&Aacute;','Á','&Acirc;','Â','&Agrave;','À','&Aring;','Å','&Atilde;', 'Ã','&Auml;','Ä','&Ccedil;','Ç','&ETH;','Ð','&Eacute;','É','&Ecirc;','Ê','&Egrave;','È ','&Euml;','Ë','&Iacute;','Í','&Icirc;','Î','&Igrave;','Ì','&Iuml;','Ï','&Ntilde;','Ñ', '&Oacute;','Ó','&Ocirc;','Ô','&Ograve;','Ò','&Oslash;','Ø','&Otilde;','Õ','&Ouml;','Ö','&THORN; ','Þ','&Uacute;','Ú','&Ucirc;','Û','&Ugrave;','Ù','&Uuml;','Ü','&Yacute;','Ý','&aacute;', 'á','&acirc;','â','&aelig;','æ','&agrave;','à','&aring;','å','&atilde;','ã','&auml;','ä ','&brvbar;','¦','&ccedil;','ç','&cent;','¢','&copy;','©','&deg;','°','&eacute;','é', '&ecirc;','ê','&egrave;','è','&eth;','ð','&euml;','ë','&frac12;','½','&frac14;','¼','&frac34; ','¾','&gt;','>','&gt','>','&iacute;','í','&icirc;','î','&iexcl;','¡','&igrave;','ì','&iquest;','¿','&iuml;','ï', '&laquo;','«','&lt;','<','&lt','<','&mdash;','—','&micro;','µ','&middot;','·','&ndash;','–','&not;','¬','&ntilde;','ñ', '&oacute;','ó','&ocirc;','ô','&ograve;','ò','&oslash;','ø','&otilde;','õ','&ouml;','ö','&para;','¶','&plusmn;','±','&pound;',' £','&quot;','\"','&raquo;','»','&reg;','®','&sect;','§','&shy;','*','&sup1;','¹','&sup2;','²', '&sup3;','³','&szlig;','ß','&thorn;','þ','&tilde;','˜','&trade;','™','&uacute;','ú','&ucirc; ','û','&ugrave;','ù','&uuml;','ü','&yacute;','ý','&yen;','¥','&yuml;','ÿ');

	for (i=0; i < fromTo.length; i=i+2)
		text = text.replace(fromTo[i],eval('/'+fromTo[i+1]+'/g'))
	return (text);
}

function LTrim( value ) {
	
	var re = /\s*((\S+\s*)*)/;
	return value.replace(re, "$1");
	
}

// Removes ending whitespaces
function RTrim( value ) {
	
	var re = /((\s*\S+)*)\s*/;
	return value.replace(re, "$1");
	
}

// Removes leading and ending whitespaces
function trim( value ) {
	
	return LTrim(RTrim(value));
	
}

String.prototype.equalsIgnoreCase=MatchIgnoreCase;

function MatchIgnoreCase(strTerm){
	var strToSearch = this.toLowerCase();
	strTerm = strTerm.toLowerCase();
	if(strToSearch==strTerm){
		return true;
	}
	else
	{
		return false;
	}
} //End Function