function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
  if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
  field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
  else 
  countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}

function bookmark(title, url) {
	if (window.sidebar) {
		window.sidebar.addPanel(title, url, "");
	} else if(window.opera && window.print) {
		var elem = document.createElement('a');
		elem.setAttribute('href',url);
		elem.setAttribute('title',title);
		elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar');
		elem.click();
	} else if(document.all) {
		window.external.AddFavorite(url, title);
	}
}

function addEvent(elm, evType, fn, useCapture)
{
if(elm.addEventListener)
  {
  elm.addEventListener(evType, fn, useCapture);
  return true;
  }
else if (elm.attachEvent)
  {
  var r = elm.attachEvent('on' + evType, fn);
  return r;
  }
else
  {
  elm['on' + evType] = fn;
  }
}

// removes the square border that IE
// insists on adding to checkboxes and radio
function removeCheckBoxBorders()
{
var el = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
for (i=0;i<el.length;i++)
  {
  var type = el[i].getAttribute("type");
  if((type=="checkbox")||(type=="radio"))
    {
   el[i].style.border = "none";
    }
  }
}

addEvent(window, 'load', removeCheckBoxBorders, false);