function showhide(pass, divtype, showhide) {
    var divs = document.getElementsByTagName(divtype);
    for (i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
        if (divs[i].id.match(pass)) {//if they are 'see' divs 
            if (document.getElementById) // DOM3 = IE5, NS6 
                if (showhide == "hide") {
                divs[i].style.display = "none"; // show/hide 
            } else {
                divs[i].style.display = "block"; // show/hide 
            }
            else
                if (document.layers) // Netscape 4 
                if (showhide == "hide") {
                document.layers[divs[i]].display = 'none';
            } else {
                document.layers[divs[i]].display = 'block';
            }
            else // IE 4 
                if (showhide == "hide") {
                document.all.hideShow.divs[i].display = 'none';
            } else {
                document.all.hideShow.divs[i].display = 'block';
            }
        }
    }
}

function changecontent(pass, divtype, newcontent) {

    var divs = document.getElementsByTagName(divtype);

    for (i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
        if (divs[i].id.match(pass)) { //if they are 'see' divs 

            divs[i].innerHTML = newcontent; // show/hide 

        }
    }
}



function popUp(URL) {

    day = new Date();
    id = day.getTime();
    eval("page" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=1,scrollbars=1,location=1,statusbar=1,menubar=1,resizable=1');");
}


function pleasewait(millis) {
    var date = new Date();
    var curDate = null;

    do { curDate = new Date(); }
    while (curDate - date < millis);
}