//*****************************************************************************
// Filename: sortTable.js
// Description: This javascript file can be applied to convert record tables
// in a HTML file to be client-side sortable by associating title columns with
// sort events. 
//
// COPYRIGHT (C) 2002 HAN J. YU
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// PUBLIC LICENSE FOR MORE DETAILS. 
//
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//
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//
// Bugs/Comments: han@velocityhsi.com
//
// Change History:
//
// 11-26-01: 
//	o Made a few more settings configurable (i.e. data delimiter etc).
//	o Added a check for the browser type/version (>= IE 5.0 allowed).
// 11-27-01:
//	o Used document.getElementById method to retrieve object
//	o Now supports both IE 5.0 or greater and Netscape 6.0 or greater
// 11-28-01:
//	o Fixed the status display for Netscape.
//	o Fixed the cursor shape for Netscape. Used pointer instead of hand.
// 11-29-01:
//	o Fixed a cursor bug for IE 5.5
// 12-03-01:
//	o Uses delete/insert cell when doing the sort.
//	o Uses delete/insert cell for the title.
// 12-04-01:
//	o Created redrawTitle function to tidy things up a bit.
// 12-09-01:
//	o Used the innerMost cell's nodeValue to display title name.
// 12-10-01:
//	o Now preserves the align property of the title cell.
//	o Allows to have multiple child nodes inside the title cell.
//	o Simulates <TH> by centeing and bold-facing title cell contents.
// 01-21-02: (Thanks to Ric Shumack ...)
//	o Added one more condition for table init call (table.tainted == false)
//	o Used the preferred method for checking the browser version
// 03-01-02: (Recommendation from Dan ...)
//	o Default sorting will be applied to all tables upon loading
// 03-12-02:
//	o Changed parseInt to parseFloat in compare function
// 03-13-02:
//	o Ignores THEAD, TFOOT in the data row list
// 03-18-02:
//	o Compare as numbers only if both inputs are number
// 03-19-02:
//	o Now compares IETF recognized date string inputs
// 03-29-02: (Recommendation from Ashley ...)
//	o New global settings for up/down images and title font face
// 03-31-02:
//	o Retains various cell properties
//	o align, vAlign, bgColor, noWrap, width, height
//	o borderColor, borderColorLight, borderColorDark
//	o Bug fix in isDate method.
// 04-04-02: (Thanks to Steen ...)
//	o Can have separate table for titles
// 04-06-02: (Thanks to Steen ...)
//	o CSS properties are preserved
//	o Bug fix (&nbsp; removed)
//	o Title cell events applied to cells
// 04-08-02:
//	o Used eval to simplify the code
// 04-24-02:
//	o Removes HTML tags when comparing cell content
// 05-07-02:
//	o Handles Euro date format
// 05-15-02:
//	o Fixed up/down replacement reg exp
// 06-13-02:
//	o Title column hints (via TITLE) added
// 07-12-02:
//	o Changed up/down char to up/down arrows
//	o Up/down arrows get displayed if doSortUponLoad is set 
// 07-15-02:
//	o Added a new feature to allow skipping columns when sorting
//	o This requires 2nd parameter to specify which columns to skip
// 07/19-02:
//	o Title cells can be highlighted (bgcolor chaged) onMouseOver ... 
// 09-04-02:
//	o Bug fix in cell highlighting functionality 
// 09-06-02:
//	o Mouse pointer becomes hourglass while sorting
// 09-21-02:
//	o Sorting is mistakenly done twice if doSortUponLoad is set
//	o Mouse pointer to hourglass while sorting ... (bug fixes)
//	o Use "" as default in cursor settings
//	o DOES NOT WORK WITH NETSCAPE ... TO BE FIXED SOON !!!
// 09-22-02:
//	o Made it work with Netscape
// 09-23-02:
//	o Fixed error if doSortUponLoad is NOT set
//	o Sort direction alternates even between tables 
//*****************************************************************************

//*****************************************************************************
// sortTable.js
//
// This script contains useful functions that can be used to convert ordinary
// tables into sortable tables by modifying the HTML sources.
// 
// Here is how one can do that. The following assumptions are required
// for the tables to be sorted.
//
// 1. All the record columns must be the same lengh. Otherwise (i.e. the ones
//    that contain colspan) the rows will be ignored. 
//
// 2. Row spans can not happen in the record rows though column spans
//    can be one of the record rows.
//
// 3. Row-spanned single column will be considered as title.
//
// To enable the sorting, simply include this javascript source file and
// add an onLoad event to the <body> like below:
//
// <body onLoad='initTable("table1");initTable("table2");' ...>
//
// Note that all the tables that need to be sorted MUST contain ID tag. 
// So, if they do not exist, you must create one for each table that
// needs to be sorted. Also, the table names/ids MUST BE UNIQUE.
//*****************************************************************************
// Global variables
var table;				// Table object
var ttable;				// Title Table object
var tableId;				// Current Table ID
var ttableId;				// Current Title Table ID
var tableIdArray = new Array();		// Holds Tabld IDs
var sortDirArray = new Array();		// Holds sort direction (descending)  
var tableCount = 0;			// Total table count
var rowArray = new Array();		// Data row array
var rowIdArray = new Array();		// Data row ID array
var rowPropArray = new Array();		// Data row property array
var titleRowArray = new Array();	// Contains row pointer for titles
var titleInnerHTMLArray = new Array();	// Contains innerHTML for title cells
var titleSpanCountArray = new Array();	// Contains the row-span count
var titleRowCellArray = new Array();	// Dynamically constructed title cells
var titleSpanCellArray = new Array();	// Title elelments from row-spanned
var colSpanArray = new Array();		// Rows col-spanned
var colTitleFilled = new Array();	// Indicates whether title is filled
var sortIndex;				// Selected index for sort
var nRow, actualNRow, maxNCol;		// Various table stats
var origColor;				// Holds original default color
var isIE;				// True if IE
var separateTitle = false;		// Has separate title table
var linkEventString =			// What's insider <a> tag
	'onMouseOver=\'setCursor(this);' +
	'setColor(this,"selected");\' ' +
	'onMouseOut=\'setColor(this,"default");\' ' +
	'onClick="setCursorWait(this);setTimeout(\'sortTable(';
var cellPropArray = new Array(		// Cell properties to preserve
	"align", "vAlign", "bgColor",
	"noWrap", "width", "height", 
	"borderColor",
	"borderColorLight",
	"borderColorDark");
var colsToIgnoreArray;			// Col indexes to ignore (Array)
var colsToIgnore;			// Col indexes to ignore

// Configurable constants
var useImg = false;		// Uses images if true
var ascChrFile = "up.gif";	// Image for ascending sort
var desChrFile = "down.gif";	// Image for descending sort
var ascChr = "&uarr;";		// Symbol for ascending sort
var desChr = "&darr;";		// Symbol for descending sort
var useCustomTitleFont = false;	// Uses custom fonts for titles
var titleFont = "Trebuchet MS";	// Title Font
var selectedColor = "yellow";	// Color for sort focus
var defaultColor = "black";	// Default color for sort off-focus
var recDelimiter = '|';		// Char used as a record separator
var cellPropDelimiter = ",";	// Char used as a cell prop separator
var updownColor = 'white';	// Specified the color for up/downs
var doSortUponLoad = true;	// Do the sort upon page load
var defaultSortColumn = 0;	// Indicates the default sort column index
var useEuroDate = false;	// Set if Euro Date format is used
var highlightSelCell = false;	// Set if selected cell needs to be highlighted
var cellHighlightColor = "red";	// Color for cell highlight

//*****************************************************************************
// Main function. This is to be associated with onLoad event in <BODY>. 
//
// IMPORTANT: This is the only function that needs to be included in the pages
// to be sorted. The rest of the functions are simply called by this
// function.
//*****************************************************************************
function initTable(obj,ignore)
{
	var tIndex;

	// Check whether it's viewed by IE 5.0 or greater
	if (! checkBrowser()) return;

	// Cols to ignore
	colsToIgnore = ignore;
	if (colsToIgnore != null) 
		colsToIgnoreArray = ignore.split(",");
	else
		colsToIgnore = null;

	// Local variables
	var countCol;
	var currentCell;
	var nColSpan, nRowSpannedTitleCol, colPos;
	var titleFound = false;
	var skipRow = false;
	var rNRowSpan, rNColSpan, parentNodeName;
	var cCellContent, cCellSetting;
	var sObj;
	var ctable;
	var doneftable = false;
	var cmd;
	var tableLoaded = false;

	// Initializing global table object variable
	if (obj.tagName == "TABLE")
	{
		// Assumes that the obj is THE OBJECT
		table = obj;
	}
	else
	{
		table = document.getElementById(obj);
		sObj = obj.id + "title";
		ttable = document.getElementById(sObj);
	}

	// Check whether it's an object
	if (table == null) return;

	// Check whether it's a table
	if (table.tagName != "TABLE") return;

	if (ttable != null && ttable.tagName == "TABLE")
		separateTitle = true;

	// No need to re-init if it's already done
	if (tableId == table.id && table.tainted == false) return;

	// Setting table id
	tableId = table.id;

	if (separateTitle) ttableId = ttable.id;

	// Initializing the max col number with the size of last data row
	maxNCol = table.rows[table.rows.length-1].cells.length;

	// Initializing arrays
	rowArray = new Array();
	rowIdArray = new Array();
	rowPropArray = new Array();
	colSpanArray = new Array();
	colTitleFilled = new Array();
	titleRowArray = new Array();
	titleInnerHTMLArray = new Array();
	titleSpanCountArray = new Array();
	titleRowCellArray = new Array();
	
	for (var i=0; i<maxNCol; i++)
	{
		if (i == 0) continue;
		colTitleFilled[i] = false;
	}

	// Setting the number of rows
	nRow = table.rows.length;	

	// Should have at least 1 row
	if (nRow < 1) return;

	// Initialization of local variables
	actualNRow = 0;			// Number of actual data rows
	rNRowSpan = 0;			// Remaining rows in the row span
	rNColSpan = 0;			// Remaining cols in the col span
	nRowSpannedTitleCol = 0;	// Number of title cols from row span

	// Loop through rows
	for (var i=0; i<nRow; i++)
	{
		if (! separateTitle)
		{
			ctable = table;
		}
		else if (i == 0 && separateTitle && titleFound == false) 
		{
			ctable = ttable;
			nRow = ttable.rows.length + 1;
		}

		if (! doneftable && separateTitle && titleFound)
		{
			ctable = table;
			nRow = table.rows.length;
			i = 0;
			doneftable = true;
		}

		skipRow = false;
		// Skip if it's THEAD, TFOOT
		if (ctable.rows[i].parentNode != null)
		{
			parentNodeName = ctable.rows[i].parentNode.nodeName;
			parentNodeName.toUpperCase();
			if (parentNodeName == 'THEAD' ||
				parentNodeName == 'TFOOT')
			{
				skipRow = true;
			}
		}	
		nColSpan = 1, colPos = 0;
		// Loop through columns
		// Initializing
		for (var j=0; j<ctable.rows[i].cells.length; j++)
		{
			// Do this iff title has not been found
			if (titleFound == false)
			{
				if (ctable.rows[i].cells[j].rowSpan > 1)
				{
					if (ctable.rows[i].cells[j].colSpan < 2)
					{
						titleSpanCellArray[colPos] =
							ctable.rows[i].cells[j];
						titleRowArray[colPos] =
							ctable.rows[i];
						colTitleFilled[colPos] = true;
						nRowSpannedTitleCol++;
					}
					if (ctable.rows[i].cells[j].rowSpan - 1 
						> rNRowSpan)
					{
						rNRowSpan = 
							ctable.
							rows[i].cells[j].
							rowSpan - 1;

						if (ctable.rows[i].
							cells[j].colSpan > 1)
							rNColSpan = 
								rNRowSpan + 1;
					}
				}
			}
			if (ctable.rows[i].cells[j].colSpan > 1 &&
				rNColSpan == 0)
			{ 
				nColSpan = ctable.rows[i].cells[j].colSpan;
				colPos += nColSpan;
			}
			else
			{
				colPos++;
			}		
		}
					
		// Setting up the title cells
		if (titleFound == false && nColSpan == 1 && 
			rNRowSpan == 0 && rNColSpan == 0)
		{
			colSpanArray[i] = true;
			titleFound = true;

			// Using indivisual cell as an array element
			countCol = 0;
			for (var j=0;
				j<ctable.rows[i].cells.length
					+ nRowSpannedTitleCol; j++)
			{
				if (colTitleFilled[j] != true)
				{
					titleRowCellArray[j] =
						ctable.rows[i].cells[countCol];
					titleRowArray[j] =
						ctable.rows[i];
					countCol++;
				}
				else
				{
					titleRowCellArray[j] = 
						titleSpanCellArray[j];
					
				}
				titleInnerHTMLArray[j] =
					String(titleRowCellArray[j].innerHTML);
				titleSpanCountArray[j] = 
					titleRowCellArray[j].rowSpan;
			}
		}
		// Setting up the data rows
		else if (titleFound == true && nColSpan == 1 && 
			rNRowSpan == 0 && !skipRow)
		{
			for (var j=0; j<ctable.rows[i].cells.length; j++)
			{
				// Can't have row span in record rows ...
				if (ctable.rows[i].cells[j].rowSpan > 1) return;

				currentCell = ctable.rows[i].cells[j];
				cCellContent = String(currentCell.innerHTML);
				for (var k=0; k<cellPropArray.length; k++)
				{
					if (k == 0)
						cmd = "cCellSetting=" +
							"String(currentCell." +
							cellPropArray[k] + ");"
					else
						cmd = "cCellSetting+=" +
							"cellPropDelimiter+" +
							"String(currentCell." +
							cellPropArray[k] + ");"
					eval(cmd);
				}

				if (j == 0)
				{
					rowArray[actualNRow] = cCellContent;
					rowPropArray[actualNRow] = cCellSetting;
				}
				else
				{
					rowArray[actualNRow] += recDelimiter +
						cCellContent;
					rowPropArray[actualNRow] += 
						recDelimiter + cCellSetting;
				}
				if (j == ctable.rows[i].cells.length-1)
					rowArray[actualNRow] += recDelimiter +
						String(actualNRow);
			}
			// Inconsistent col lengh for data rows
			if (ctable.rows[i].cells.length > maxNCol)
				return;
			actualNRow++;
			colSpanArray[i] = false;
		}
		else if (nColSpan == 1 && rNRowSpan == 0 && 
			rNColSpan == 0 && titleFound == false && !skipRow)
		{
			colSpanArray[i] = false;
		}
		else
		{
			colSpanArray[i] = true;
		}
		
		// Counters for row/column spans
		if (rNRowSpan > 0) rNRowSpan--;
		if (rNColSpan > 0) rNColSpan--;
	}

	// If the row number is < 1, no need to do anything ...
	if (actualNRow < 1) return;

	// Sorting upon loading the page
	tIndex = findTableIndex(table.id);
	if (tIndex >= 0) tableLoaded = true;
	if (!tableLoaded)
	{
		tableIdArray[tableCount] = table.id;
		sortDirArray[tableCount] = false;
		tIndex = tableCount;
		tableCount++;
	}

	// Re-drawing the title row
	redrawTitle(false);

	// Sort if doSortUponLoad is set
	if (doSortUponLoad) 
	{
		sortTable(defaultSortColumn, table.id, 0);
		if (!tableLoaded) sortDirArray[tIndex] = true;
	}
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function called to re-draw title row 
//*****************************************************************************
function redrawTitle(isSort)
{
	var currentRow, innerHTML, newInnerHTML, cellIndex;
	var reAnchor, reUpDown, reLabel, cellAlign, makeBold;
	var cellOnmouseover, cellOnmouseout;
 	var cellClass;
	var cmd;
	var cCellPropArray = new Array();
	var tIndex;

	cellAlign = "";
	makeBold = false;
	reAnchor = / *\<a[^\>]*\>(.*) *\<\/a\>/i;
	reUpDown = /\<font[^\>]* *id=.*updown.*[^\>]*\>.*\<\/font\>/i;
	reLabel = /\>([^\<]*)\</g;

	tIndex = findTableIndex(table.id);

	// Re-drawing the title row
	for (var j=0; j<maxNCol; j++)
	{
		currentRow = titleRowArray[j];
		innerHTML = String(titleInnerHTMLArray[j]);
		cellIndex = titleRowCellArray[j].cellIndex;

		// Skips the columns if set to ignore
		if (colsToIgnore != null)
			if (indexExist(colsToIgnoreArray,cellIndex)) continue;

		// Recording cell settings
		for (var k=0; k<cellPropArray.length; k++)
		{
			cmd = "cCellPropArray[" + k + 
				"]=titleRowCellArray[j]." + 
				cellPropArray[k] + ";";
			eval(cmd);
		}
		cellClass = titleRowCellArray[j].getAttribute('className');

		currentRow.deleteCell(cellIndex);
		currentRow.insertCell(cellIndex);

		// Setting the font type for the title
		if (cellAlign != "")
			currentRow.cells[cellIndex].align =
				cellAlign;
		if (titleRowCellArray[j].tagName == "TH")
		{
			makeBold = true;
		}

		// Restoring cell settings
		for (var k=0; k<cellPropArray.length; k++)
		{
			cmd = "currentRow.cells[cellIndex]." +
				cellPropArray[k] +
				"=cCellPropArray[" + k + "];";
			eval(cmd);
		}

		currentRow.cells[cellIndex].setAttribute(
			'className', cellClass, 0);

		if (titleSpanCountArray[j] > 1)
			currentRow.cells[cellIndex].rowSpan = 
				titleSpanCountArray[j];
		newTitle = '';
		if (j == sortIndex && isSort)
		{
			newTitle = '<font id=updown color=' + 
				updownColor + '>&nbsp;';
			if (sortDirArray[tIndex])
				if (useImg)
					newTitle += '<img src="' +
						desChrFile + '" alt="' +
						desChr + '">';
				else
					newTitle += desChr;
			else
				if (useImg)
					newTitle += '<img src="' +
						ascChrFile + '" alt="' +
						ascChr + '">';
				else
					newTitle += ascChr;
			newTitle += '</font>';
		} 
		// Remove carriage return, linefeed, and tab
		innerHTML = innerHTML.replace(/\r|\n|\t/g, "");
		if (makeBold)
		{
			if (innerHTML.match(reLabel))
				innerHTML = 
					innerHTML.replace(reLabel, "<b>$1</b>");
			else
				innerHTML =
					innerHTML.replace(
						/(^.*$)/, "<b>$1</b>");
		}
		innerHTML = innerHTML.replace(reUpDown, "");
		innerHTML = innerHTML.replace(reAnchor, "$1");
		newInnerHTML =
			'<a ' + linkEventString + j + ',' +
			tIndex + ',' + 1 + ',' + 1 + ')\', 1);">';
		if (useCustomTitleFont)
			newInnerHTML += '<font face="' + titleFont + '">' +
				+ innerHTML + '</font>';
		else
			newInnerHTML += innerHTML;
		newInnerHTML += '</a>' + newTitle;

		currentRow.cells[cellIndex].innerHTML = newInnerHTML;
		titleRowCellArray[j] = currentRow.cells[cellIndex];
	}
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function called when user clicks on a title to sort
//*****************************************************************************
function sortTable(index,tobj,doInit,isIndex)
{
	var obj, tIndex;
	if (isIndex != null)
		if (isIndex)
		{
			tIndex = tobj;
			// Look up the table object
			obj = tableIdArray[tobj];
		}	
		else
		{
			tIndex = findTableIndex(tobj.id);
			obj = tobj;
		}

	// Re-inializing the table object
	if (doInit) 
	{
		if (colsToIgnore != null) 
			initTable(obj,colsToIgnore);
		else
			initTable(obj);
	}

	// Local variables
	var rowContent, rowProp, cellProp;
	var rowCount;
	var rowIndex;
 	var cellClass, cellOnClick, cellMouseOver, cellMouseOut;
	var cmd;
	
	// Can't sort past the max allowed column size
	if (index < 0 || index >= maxNCol) return;
	
	// Assignment of sort index
	sortIndex = index;
	// Doing the sort using JavaScript generic function for an Array
	rowArray.sort(compare);

	// Re-drawing the title row
	if (doInit || doSortUponLoad) redrawTitle(true);

	// Re-drawing the table
	rowCount = 0;
	for (var i=0; i<nRow; i++)
	{
		if (! colSpanArray[i])
		{
			for (var j=0; j<maxNCol; j++)
			{
				// Skips the columns if set to ignore
				if (colsToIgnore != null)
					if (indexExist(colsToIgnoreArray,j)) 
						continue;
				rowContent = rowArray[rowCount].
					split(recDelimiter);
				rowIndex = rowContent[maxNCol];
				rowProp = rowPropArray[rowIndex].
					split(recDelimiter);
				cellProp = rowProp[j].split(cellPropDelimiter);
				cellClass = 
					table.rows[i].cells[j].getAttribute(
						'className');
 				cellOnClick = table.rows[i].cells[j].onclick;
 				cellMouseOver = 
 					table.rows[i].cells[j].onmouseover;
 				cellMouseOut = 
 					table.rows[i].cells[j].onmouseout;

				table.rows[i].deleteCell(j);
				table.rows[i].insertCell(j);

				// Restoring cell properties
				for (var k=0; k<cellPropArray.length; k++)
				{
					cmd = "table.rows[i].cells[j]." +
						cellPropArray[k] +
						"=cellProp[" + k + "];";
					eval(cmd);
				}

				table.rows[i].cells[j].innerHTML =
					rowContent[j];
				table.rows[i].cells[j].setAttribute(
					'className', cellClass, 0);
 				table.rows[i].cells[j].onclick = cellOnClick;
 				table.rows[i].cells[j].onmouseover = 
 					cellMouseOver;
 				table.rows[i].cells[j].onmouseout =
 					cellMouseOut;
			}
			rowCount++;
		}
	}

	// Switching btw descending/ascending sort
	if (doInit)
	{
		if (sortDirArray[tIndex])
			sortDirArray[tIndex] = false;
		else
			sortDirArray[tIndex] = true;
	}
	setCursorDefault();
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to be used for Array sorting
//*****************************************************************************
function compare(a, b)
{
	// Getting the table index
	var tIndex;
	tIndex = findTableIndex(table.id);
 
	// Getting the element array for inputs (a,b)
	var aRowContent = a.split(recDelimiter);
	var bRowContent = b.split(recDelimiter);
	
	// Needed in case the data conversion is necessary
	var aToBeCompared, bToBeCompared;

	// Remove HTML tags 
	reRowText = /(\< *[^\>]*\>|\&nbsp\;)/g;
	aRowContent[sortIndex] = aRowContent[sortIndex].replace(reRowText, "");
	bRowContent[sortIndex] = bRowContent[sortIndex].replace(reRowText, "");

	// Euro Date format
	if (useEuroDate)
	{
		aRowContent[sortIndex] = 
			convertEuroDate(aRowContent[sortIndex]);
		bRowContent[sortIndex] = 
			convertEuroDate(bRowContent[sortIndex]);
	}

	if (isDate(aRowContent[sortIndex]) && isDate(bRowContent[sortIndex]))
	{
		aToBeCompared = new Date(aRowContent[sortIndex]);
		bToBeCompared = new Date(bRowContent[sortIndex]);
	}
	else if (! isNaN(aRowContent[sortIndex]) &&
		! isNaN(bRowContent[sortIndex]))
	{
		aToBeCompared = parseFloat(aRowContent[sortIndex], 10);
		bToBeCompared = parseFloat(bRowContent[sortIndex], 10);
	}
	else
	{
		aToBeCompared = aRowContent[sortIndex];
		bToBeCompared = bRowContent[sortIndex];
	}

	if (aToBeCompared < bToBeCompared)
		if (!sortDirArray[tIndex])
		{
			return -1;
		}
		else
		{
			return 1;
		}
	if (aToBeCompared > bToBeCompared)
		if (!sortDirArray[tIndex])
		{
			return 1;
		}
		else
		{
			return -1;
		}
	return 0;
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to determine whether it's a IETF recognized date string
//*****************************************************************************
function isDate(x)
{
	var xDate;
	xDate = new Date(x);
	if (xDate.toString() == 'NaN' || 
		xDate.toString() == 'Invalid Date')
		return false;
	else
		return true;
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to convert EURO date
//*****************************************************************************
function convertEuroDate(x)
{
	var reExp = /^ *(\d{2})\-(\d{2})\-(\d{4}) *$/g;
	var dArray;
	if (x.match(reExp))
		x = x.replace(reExp, "$2\/$1\/$3");	
	return(x);
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Functions to set the cursor
//*****************************************************************************
function setCursor(obj)
{
	var rowText, reRowText;

	reRowText = /(\< *[^\>]*\>|\&nbsp\;)/g;
	// Show hint text at the browser status bar
	rowText = String(obj.innerHTML);

	// Remove up/down 
	rowText = rowText.replace(/\<font id\=updown.*\<\/font\>/ig, "");
	// Remove HTML tags and &nbsp;
	rowText = rowText.replace(reRowText, "");
	// Remove carriage return, linefeed, and tab
	rowText = rowText.replace(/\r|\n|\t/g, "");
	
	// Setting window's status bar
	window.status = "Click to sort by " + String(rowText);

	// Setting title
	obj.title = "Click to sort by " + String(rowText);

	// Change the mouse cursor to pointer or hand
	if (isIE)
		obj.style.cursor = "hand";
	else
		obj.style.cursor = "pointer";
}

function setCursorWait(obj)
{
	if (isIE && document.all)
		for (var i=0;i<document.all.length;i++) 
			document.all(i).style.cursor = 'wait';
	else
	{
		obj.style.cursor = 'wait';
		document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
	}
}

function setCursorDefault()
{
	if (isIE && document.all)
		for (var i=0;i<document.all.length;i++) 
			document.all(i).style.cursor = '';
	else
		document.body.style.cursor = '';
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to set the title color
//*****************************************************************************
function setColor(obj,mode)
{
	if (mode == "selected")
	{
		// Remember the original color
		if (obj.style.color != selectedColor) 
			defaultColor = obj.style.color;
		obj.style.color = selectedColor;

		if (highlightSelCell)
			obj.bgColor = cellHighlightColor;
	}
	else
	{	
		// Restoring original color and re-setting the status bar
		obj.style.color = defaultColor;
		if (highlightSelCell) obj.bgColor = defaultColor;
		window.status = '';
	}
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to check browser type/version
//*****************************************************************************
function checkBrowser()
{
	if (navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"
		&& parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4)
	{
		isIE = true;
		return true;
	}
	// For some reason, appVersion returns 5 for Netscape 6.2 ...
	else if (navigator.appName == "Netscape"
		&& navigator.appVersion.indexOf("5.") >= 0)
	{
		isIE = false;
		return true;
	}
	else
		return false;
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to check whether index exists in array 
//*****************************************************************************
function indexExist(x, index)
{
	var found = false;
	for (var i=0; i<x.length; i++)
	{
		if (index == x[i])
		{
			found = true;
			break;
		}
	}
	return found;
}

//*****************************************************************************
// Function to return table index given table id 
//*****************************************************************************
function findTableIndex(id)
{
	for (var i=0; i<tableCount; i++)
		if (tableIdArray[i] == id)
			return(i);
	return(-1);
}