// setStyleByClass: given an element type and a class selector,
// style property and value, apply the style.
// args:
//  t - type of tag to check for (e.g., SPAN)
//  c - class name
//  p - CSS property
//  v - value
var ie = (document.all) ? true : false;
function setStyleByClass(t,c,p,v){
	var elements;
	if(t == '*') {
		// '*' not supported by IE/Win 5.5 and below
		elements = (ie) ? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName('*');
	} else {
		elements = document.getElementsByTagName(t);
	}
	for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++){
		var node = elements.item(i);
		for(var j = 0; j < node.attributes.length; j++) {
			if(node.attributes.item(j).nodeName == 'class') {
				if(node.attributes.item(j).nodeValue == c) {
					eval('node.style.' + p + " = '" +v + "'");
				}
			}
		}
	}
}
function getStyleByClass(t, c, p) {
	// first loop over elements, because if they've been modified they
	// will contain style data more recent than that in the stylesheet
	var elements;
	if(t == '*') {
		// '*' not supported by IE/Win 5.5 and below
		elements = (ie) ? document.all : document.getElementsByTagName('*');
	} else {
		elements = document.getElementsByTagName(t);
	}
	for(var i = 0; i < elements.length; i++){
		var node = elements.item(i);
		for(var j = 0; j < node.attributes.length; j++) {
			if(node.attributes.item(j).nodeName == 'class') {
				if(node.attributes.item(j).nodeValue == c) {
					var theStyle = eval('node.style.' + p);
					if((theStyle != "") && (theStyle != null)) {
						return theStyle;
					}
				}
			}
		}		
	}
	// if we got here it's because we didn't find anything
	// try styleSheets
	var sheets = document.styleSheets;
	if(sheets.length > 0) {
		// loop over each sheet
		for(var x = 0; x < sheets.length; x++) {
			// grab stylesheet rules
			var rules = sheets[x].cssRules;
			if(rules.length > 0) {
				// check each rule
				for(var y = 0; y < rules.length; y++) {
					var z = rules[y].style;
					// selectorText broken in NS 6/Mozilla: see
					// http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=51944
					ugly_selectorText_workaround();
					if(allStyleRules) {
						if((allStyleRules[y] == c) ||
						   (allStyleRules[y] == (t + "." + c))) {
							return z[p];
						}			
					} else {
						// use the native selectorText and style stuff
						if(((z[p] != "") && (z[p] != null)) &&
						   ((rules[y].selectorText == c) ||
						    (rules[y].selectorText == (t + "." + c)))) {
							return z[p];
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return null;
}



function getStyleObject(objectId) {
    // cross-browser function to get an object's style object given its id
    if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
	// W3C DOM
	return document.getElementById(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
	// MSIE 4 DOM
	return document.all(objectId).style;
    } else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
	// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won't find nested layers
	return document.layers[objectId];
    } else {
	return false;
    }
} // getStyleObject

function changeObjectVisibility(objectId, newVisibility) {
    // get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
    var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
    if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.visibility = newVisibility;
	return true;
    } else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't change its visibility
	return false;
    }
} // changeObjectVisibility

function moveObject(objectId, newXCoordinate, newYCoordinate) {
    // get a reference to the cross-browser style object and make sure the object exists
    var styleObject = getStyleObject(objectId);
    if(styleObject) {
	styleObject.left = newXCoordinate;
	styleObject.top = newYCoordinate;
	return true;
    } else {
	// we couldn't find the object, so we can't very well move it
	return false;
    }
} // moveObject