function increaseTextAreaRow(oTextArea) {
      while (oTextArea.scrollHeight > oTextArea.offsetHeight) {
            oTextArea.rows++;
      }
}

function loadTextAreaRow(id) {
	var oTextArea = document.getElementById(id);
     while (oTextArea.scrollHeight > oTextArea.offsetHeight) {
         oTextArea.rows++;
     }
}

function trim(str) {
	s = str.replace(/^(\s)*/, '');
	s = s.replace(/(\s)*$/, '');
	return s;
}

function findPos(obj) {
	var curleft = curtop = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent) {
		curleft = obj.offsetLeft
		curtop = obj.offsetTop
		while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
			curleft += obj.offsetLeft
			curtop += obj.offsetTop
		}
	}
	return [curleft,curtop]; 
}

function showDeadCenter(Xwidth,Yheight,divId) {
// First, determine how much the visitor has scrolled

var scrolledX, scrolledY;
if( self.pageYoffset ) {
scrolledX = self.pageXoffset;
scrolledY = self.pageYoffset;
} else if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.scrollTop ) {
scrolledX = document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
scrolledY = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
} else if( document.body ) {
scrolledX = document.body.scrollLeft;
scrolledY = document.body.scrollTop;
}

// Next, determine the coordinates of the center of browser's window

var centerX, centerY;
if( self.innerHeight ) {
centerX = self.innerWidth;
centerY = self.innerHeight;
} else if( document.documentElement && document.documentElement.clientHeight ) {
centerX = document.documentElement.clientWidth;
centerY = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
} else if( document.body ) {
centerX = document.body.clientWidth;
centerY = document.body.clientHeight;
}

// Xwidth is the width of the div, Yheight is the height of the
// div passed as arguments to the function:
var leftoffset = scrolledX + (centerX - Xwidth) / 2;
var topoffset = scrolledY + (centerY - Yheight) / 2;
// The initial width and height of the div can be set in the
// style sheet with display:none; divid is passed as an argument to // the function
var o=document.getElementById(divId);
var r=o.style;
r.position='absolute';
if(topoffset <= 0) topoffset=5;
r.top = topoffset + 'px';
r.left = leftoffset + 'px';
r.display = "block";
} 

function grayOut(vis, options) {
  // Pass true to gray out screen, false to ungray
  // options are optional.  This is a JSON object with the following (optional) properties
  // opacity:0-100         // Lower number = less grayout higher = more of a blackout 
  // zindex: #             // HTML elements with a higher zindex appear on top of the gray out
  // bgcolor: (#xxxxxx)    // Standard RGB Hex color code
  // grayOut(true, {'zindex':'50', 'bgcolor':'#0000FF', 'opacity':'70'});
  // Because options is JSON opacity/zindex/bgcolor are all optional and can appear
  // in any order.  Pass only the properties you need to set.
  var options = options || {}; 
  var zindex = options.zindex || 50;
  var opacity = options.opacity || 70;
  var opaque = (opacity / 100);
  var bgcolor = options.bgcolor || '#000000';
  var dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');
  if (!dark) {
    // The dark layer doesn't exist, it's never been created.  So we'll
    // create it here and apply some basic styles.
    // If you are getting errors in IE see: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/927917
    var tbody = document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0];
    var tnode = document.createElement('div');           // Create the layer.
        tnode.style.position='absolute';                 // Position absolutely
        tnode.style.top='0px';                           // In the top
        tnode.style.left='0px';                          // Left corner of the page
        tnode.style.overflow='hidden';                   // Try to avoid making scroll bars            
        tnode.style.display='none';                      // Start out Hidden
        tnode.id='darkenScreenObject';                   // Name it so we can find it later
    tbody.appendChild(tnode);                            // Add it to the web page
    dark=document.getElementById('darkenScreenObject');  // Get the object.
  }
  if (vis) {
    var pageWidth='100%';
	var pageHeight='100%';
    dark.style.opacity=opaque;                      
    dark.style.MozOpacity=opaque;                   
    dark.style.filter='alpha(opacity='+opacity+')'; 
    dark.style.zIndex=zindex;        
    dark.style.backgroundColor=bgcolor;  
    dark.style.width= pageWidth;
    dark.style.height= pageHeight;
    dark.style.display='block';                          
  } else {
     dark.style.display='none';
  }
}