function setInputValue(name, value, nomsg) {
     var t = getInputType(name, nomsg)
     switch (t) {
          case "text":
          case "textarea":
          case "password":
          case "hidden":
               document.getElementById(name).value = value
               break
          case "select-one":
               choiceToSelect(name, value)
               break
          case "select-multiple":
               choiceToMultiSelect(name, value)
               break
          case "radio":
               valToRadio(name, value)
               break
          case "checkbox":
               ynToCheckbox(name, value)
               break
          default:
               alert("Unknown field type: "+t+" on field "+name)
               break
     }
}

function getInputValue(name, nomsg) {
     var t = getInputType(name, nomsg)
     var value = ""

     switch (t) {
          case "text":
          case "textarea":
          case "password":
          case "hidden":
               value = document.getElementById(name).value
               break
          case "select-one":
               value = selectToChoice(name)
               break
          case "select-multiple":
               value = multiSelectToChoice(name)
               break
          case "radio":
               value = radioToVal(name)
               break
          case "checkbox":
               value = checkboxToYn(name)
               break
          default:
               alert("Unknown field type: "+t+" on field "+name)
               break
     }

     return (value)
}

function getInputType(name,nomsg) {
     var t = ""

     try {
          t = document.getElementById(name).type
     }
     catch(e) {
          try
          {
               t = document.getElementsByName(name)[0].type
          }
          catch(e)
          {
               if (!nomsg)
                    alert("unknown field "+name)
          }
     }

     return (t)
}

function serializeForm(form) {
     var flds = $(form).getElementsByTagName("*")
     var nvp = new Array
     var x = ""

     for (var i=0; i<flds.length; i++) {
          if (flds[i].name != undefined) {
               if (getInputType(flds[i].name,-1) != "")
                    nvp.push(flds[i].name + "=" + encodeURIComponent(getInputValue(flds[i].name,-1)))
          }
     }

     x = nvp.join("&")
     return(x)
}

function fillForm(form, xml) {
     var flds = $(form).getElementsByTagName("*")

     for (var i=0; i<flds.length; i++) {
          if (flds[i].name != undefined) {
               if (getInputType(flds[i].name,-1) != "")
                    setInputValue(flds[i].name,getTagValue(xml,flds[i].name))
          }
     }
}

function radioToVal(x) {
     var el = document.getElementsByName(x)
     var l = el.length

     for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
          if (el[i].checked==true)
          {
               return(el[i].value)
          }
     }

     return("")
}

function valToRadio(x,val) {
     var el = document.getElementsByName(x)
     var l = el.length

     for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
          if (el[i].value == val)
          {
               el[i].checked = true
          }
     }
}

function checkboxToYn(x)
{
     if (document.getElementById(x).checked==true)
     {
          return ("Y")
     }
     else
     {
          return ("N")
     }
}

function ynToCheckbox(x,yn)
{
     if (yn=="Y")
     {
          document.getElementById(x).checked=true
     }
     else
     {
          document.getElementById(x).checked=false
     }
}

function choiceToSelect(sel,ch) {
     // set selected option to true
     var x = document.getElementById(sel)
     var l = x.length

     if ((ch == "") && (l))
     {
          x.options[0].selected = true
     }
     else
     {
          for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
          {
               if (trimString(ch) == trimString(x.options[i].value))
               {
                    x.options[i].selected = true
                    break
               }
          }
     }
}

function selectToChoice(s) {
     // return selected option
     var x = document.getElementById(s)

     if (x.options.length > 0 && x.selectedIndex != -1)
     {
          var ret = x.options[x.selectedIndex].value
     }
     else
     {
          ret=""
     }

     return (ret)
}

function multiSelectReset(s)
{
     var x = document.getElementById(s)
     var l = x.options.length

     for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
          x.options[i].selected = false
     }
}

function choiceToMultiSelect(s,ch) {
     if (ch.length > 0) {
          var list = new Array()
          list = ch.split(",")

          for (var i=0; i<list.length; i++) {
               x = list[i]
               choiceToSelect(s,x)
          }
     }
     else {
          multiSelectReset(s)
     }
}

function multiSelectToChoice(s)
{
     var x = document.getElementById(s)
     var l = x.options.length
     var ret = ""

     for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
          if (x.options[i].selected == true)
          {
               ret = ret + x.options[i].value + ","
          }
     }

     ret = ret.substring(0,ret.length-1)
     return (ret)
}

function selectOption(s,ch) {
     var x = document.getElementById(s)
     var l = x.options.length

     for (var i=0; i<l; i++)
     {
          if (trimString(ch) == trimString(x.options[i].value))
          {
               return (i)
          }
     }

     return (-1)
}

function clearSelect(s) {
     select=document.getElementById(s);

     for (var x = select.length; x>=0; x--) {
          select[x]=null;
     }
}

function addToSelect(select, value, text) {
     // select needs to be the results of document.getElementById(id), not the id.
     select[select.length] = new Option(text, value);
}

function changeSelect(select, ind, text)
{
     // select needs to be the results of document.getElementById(id), not the id.
     select.options[ind].text = text
}

function setDivValue(div, val) {
     clearDivValue(div)

     if (val != "") {
          var d = document.getElementById(div)
          var x = document.createTextNode(val)
          d.appendChild(x)
     }
}

function getDivValue(div) {
     var d = document.getElementById(div)
     try {
          return (d.firstChild.nodeValue)
     }
     catch(e) {
          return ("")
     }
}

function clearDivValue(div) {
     var d = document.getElementById(div)
     try {
          for (var i=0; i<d.childNodes.length; i++) {
               d.removeChild(d.childNodes[i])
          }
     }
     catch(e) {
          alert("Non existant div "+div)
     }
}

function getTagValue(xml, name) {
     // return first value

     var temp = xml.getElementsByTagName(name)

     if (temp.length > 0)
          if(typeof(temp[0].textContent) != "undefined")  // FF max 4096 first node limit
               return (temp[0].textContent);
          else
               return (temp[0].firstChild.nodeValue)
     else
          return ("")

}

function getTagValues(xml, name) {
     // return array of values
     var temp = xml.getElementsByTagName(name)

     if (temp.length > 0)
          return (temp)
     else
          return ("")
}