function writeObject(htmlToWrite) {
   document.write(htmlToWrite);
}

function popIt(url,name,width,height,scrollbars) {
	specs="toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars="+scrollbars+",resizable=no,width="+width+",height="+height+",screenx=50,screeny=50,left=50,top=50"
	window.open(url,name,specs);
}

function menuSwap(menuImg, pos) {
  if (document.images) {
    document[pos].src = menuImg;
  }
}

//ZEBRA STRIPING
// this function is need to work around 
// a bug in IE related to element attributes
function hasClass(obj) {
var result = false;
if (obj.getAttributeNode("class") != null) {
    result = obj.getAttributeNode("class").value;
}
return result;
}   

function stripe(id) {

// the flag we'll use to keep track of 
// whether the current row is odd or even
var even = false;

// if arguments are provided to specify the colours
// of the even & odd rows, then use the them;
// otherwise use the following defaults:
var evenColor = arguments[1] ? arguments[1] : "#000";
var oddColor = arguments[2] ? arguments[2] : "#222";

// obtain a reference to the desired table
// if no such table exists, abort
var table = document.getElementById(id);
if (! table) { return; }

// by definition, tables can have more than one tbody
// element, so we'll have to get the list of child
// <tbody>s 
var tbodies = table.getElementsByTagName("tbody");

// and iterate through them...
for (var h = 0; h < tbodies.length; h++) {

// find all the &lt;tr&gt; elements... 
 var trs = tbodies[h].getElementsByTagName("tr");
 
 // ... and iterate through them
 for (var i = 0; i < trs.length; i++) {

    // avoid rows that have a class attribute
   // or backgroundColor style
    if (!hasClass(trs[i]) && ! trs[i].style.backgroundColor) {

    // get all the cells in this row...
	var tds = trs[i].getElementsByTagName("td");
   
	// and iterate through them...
	for (var j = 0; j < tds.length; j++) {
   
	  var mytd = tds[j];

	  // avoid cells that have a class attribute
	  // or backgroundColor style
	   if (! hasClass(mytd) && ! mytd.style.backgroundColor) {
   
		 mytd.style.backgroundColor = even ? evenColor : oddColor;
	    
	  }
	}
   }
   // flip from odd to even, or vice-versa
   even =  ! even;
 }
}
}