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+// Core javascript helper functions
+
+// Cross-browser event handlers.
+function addEvent(obj, evType, fn) {
+    if (obj.addEventListener) {
+        obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, false);
+        return true;
+    } else if (obj.attachEvent) {
+        var r = obj.attachEvent("on" + evType, fn);
+        return r;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+function removeEvent(obj, evType, fn) {
+    if (obj.removeEventListener) {
+        obj.removeEventListener(evType, fn, false);
+        return true;
+    } else if (obj.detachEvent) {
+        obj.detachEvent("on" + evType, fn);
+        return true;
+    } else {
+        return false;
+    }
+}
+
+// quickElement(tagType, parentReference, textInChildNode, [, attribute, attributeValue ...]);
+function quickElement() {
+    var obj = document.createElement(arguments[0]);
+    if (arguments[2] != '' && arguments[2] != null) {
+        var textNode = document.createTextNode(arguments[2]);
+        obj.appendChild(textNode);
+    }
+    var len = arguments.length;
+    for (var i = 3; i < len; i += 2) {
+        obj.setAttribute(arguments[i], arguments[i+1]);
+    }
+    arguments[1].appendChild(obj);
+    return obj;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Cross-browser xmlhttp object
+// from http://jibbering.com/2002/4/httprequest.html
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+var xmlhttp;
+/*@cc_on @*/
+/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
+    try {
+        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
+    } catch (e) {
+        try {
+            xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
+        } catch (E) {
+            xmlhttp = false;
+        }
+    }
+@else
+    xmlhttp = false;
+@end @*/
+if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
+  xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Find-position functions by PPK
+// See http://www.quirksmode.org/js/findpos.html
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function findPosX(obj) {
+    var curleft = 0;
+    if (obj.offsetParent) {
+        while (obj.offsetParent) {
+            curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
+            obj = obj.offsetParent;
+        }
+    } else if (obj.x) {
+        curleft += obj.x;
+    }
+    return curleft;
+}
+
+function findPosY(obj) {
+    var curtop = 0;
+    if (obj.offsetParent) {
+        while (obj.offsetParent) {
+            curtop += obj.offsetTop;
+            obj = obj.offsetParent;
+        }
+    } else if (obj.y) {
+        curtop += obj.y;
+    }
+    return curtop;
+}
+
+//-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Date object extensions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+Date.prototype.getCorrectYear = function() {
+    // Date.getYear() is unreliable --
+    // see http://www.quirksmode.org/js/introdate.html#year
+    var y = this.getYear() % 100;
+    return (y < 38) ? y + 2000 : y + 1900;
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getTwoDigitMonth = function() {
+    return (this.getMonth() < 9) ? '0' + (this.getMonth()+1) : (this.getMonth()+1);
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getTwoDigitDate = function() {
+    return (this.getDate() < 10) ? '0' + this.getDate() : this.getDate();
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getTwoDigitHour = function() {
+    return (this.getHours() < 10) ? '0' + this.getHours() : this.getHours();
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getTwoDigitMinute = function() {
+    return (this.getMinutes() < 10) ? '0' + this.getMinutes() : this.getMinutes();
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getISODate = function() {
+    return this.getCorrectYear() + '-' + this.getTwoDigitMonth() + '-' + this.getTwoDigitDate();
+}
+
+Date.prototype.getHourMinute = function() {
+    return this.getTwoDigitHour() + ':' + this.getTwoDigitMinute();
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// String object extensions
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+String.prototype.pad_left = function(pad_length, pad_string) {
+    var new_string = this;
+    for (var i = 0; new_string.length < pad_length; i++) {
+        new_string = pad_string + new_string;
+    }
+    return new_string;
+}
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+// Get the computed style for and element
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+function getStyle(oElm, strCssRule){
+    var strValue = "";
+    if(document.defaultView && document.defaultView.getComputedStyle){
+        strValue = document.defaultView.getComputedStyle(oElm, "").getPropertyValue(strCssRule);
+    }
+    else if(oElm.currentStyle){
+        strCssRule = strCssRule.replace(/\-(\w)/g, function (strMatch, p1){
+            return p1.toUpperCase();
+        });
+        strValue = oElm.currentStyle[strCssRule];
+    }
+    return strValue;
+}