// ******************************* //
	
	function get_today_date()
	{
		d = new Date();
		dayname   = new Array("Sunday", "Monday", "Tuesday", "Wednesday",
													"Thursday", "Friday", "Saturday");
		monthname = new Array("January", "February", "March", "April", "May", "June",
													"July", "August", "September", "October", "November", "December");
		
		today = dayname[d.getDay()] + ", " + monthname[d.getMonth()] + " " + 
			d.getDate() + ", " + d.getFullYear();
			
		return today;
	}

	// ******************************* //

	function disable_the_botton(btn_id_1, btn_id_2)
	{
		tempobj = document.getElementById(btn_id_1);
		if (tempobj)
		{
			tempobj.value = 'Wait...';
			tempobj.disabled = true;
		}
		tempobj = document.getElementById(btn_id_2);
		if (tempobj)
		{
			tempobj.value = 'Wait...';
			tempobj.disabled = true;
		}
		return true;
	}

	// ******************************* //

	function set_btn_clicked(elem_name, btn_name)
	{
		tempobj = document.getElementById(elem_name);
		if (tempobj)
			tempobj.value = btn_name;
		return true;
	}

	// ******************************* //

	var small_win=0;
	
	function display_small_win(URLStr, left, top, width, height)
	{
		if(small_win)
		{
			if (!small_win.closed) 
				small_win.close();
		}
		small_win = open(URLStr, 'small_win', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,copyhistory=yes,width='+width+',height='+height+',left='+left+', top='+top+',screenX='+left+',screenY='+top+'');
	}
	
	// ******************************* //

function showhide(layer_ref, show_text, hide_text) {
	if (document.all) { //IS IE 4 or 5 (or 6 beta)
		state = eval("document.all." + layer_ref + ".style.display");
	}
	if (document.layers) { //IS NETSCAPE 4 or below
		state = document.layers[layer_ref].display;
	}
	if (document.getElementById &&!document.all) {
		hza = document.getElementById(layer_ref);
		state = hza.style.display;
	}
	if (state == 'block') {
		state = 'none';
		new_text = show_text;
	} else {
		state = 'block';
		new_text = hide_text;
	}
	if (document.all) { //IS IE 4 or 5 (or 6 beta)
		eval("document.all." + layer_ref + ".style.display = state");
		eval("document.all." + layer_ref + "_link.innerText = new_text");
	}
	if (document.layers) { //IS NETSCAPE 4 or below
		document.layers[layer_ref].display = state;
	}
	if (document.getElementById &&!document.all) {
		hza = document.getElementById(layer_ref);
		hza.style.display = state;
		hzl = document.getElementById(layer_ref + "_link");
		hzl.firstChild.nodeValue = new_text;
	}
}