// ============================================================
	// GLOBAL FUNCTIONS FROM VB
	// ============================================================


	// #############################################################################
	// lets define the browser we have instead of multiple calls throughout the file
	var userAgent = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	var is_opera  = (userAgent.indexOf('opera') != -1);
	var is_saf    = ((userAgent.indexOf('applewebkit') != -1) || (navigator.vendor == "Apple Computer, Inc."));
	var is_webtv  = (userAgent.indexOf('webtv') != -1);
	var is_ie     = ((userAgent.indexOf('msie') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_saf) && (!is_webtv));
	var is_ie4    = ((is_ie) && (userAgent.indexOf("msie 4.") != -1));
	var is_moz    = ((navigator.product == 'Gecko') && (!is_saf));
	var is_kon    = (userAgent.indexOf('konqueror') != -1);
	var is_ns     = ((userAgent.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (userAgent.indexOf('mozilla') != -1) && (!is_opera) && (!is_webtv) && (!is_saf));
	var is_ns4    = ((is_ns) && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 4));

	// catch possible bugs with WebTV and other older browsers
	var is_regexp = (window.RegExp) ? true : false;

	// #############################################################################
	// let's find out what DOM functions we can use
	var myDOMtype = '';
	if (document.getElementById)
	{
		myDOMtype = "std";
	}
	else if (document.all)
	{
		myDOMtype = "ie4";
	}
	else if (document.layers)
	{
		myDOMtype = "ns4";
	}



	// make an array to store cached locations of objects called by fetch_object
	var myobjects = new Array();

	// #############################################################################
	// function to emulate document.getElementById
	function fetch_object(idname, forcefetch)
	{
		if (forcefetch || typeof(myobjects[idname]) == "undefined")
		{
			switch (myDOMtype)
			{
				case "std":
				{
					myobjects[idname] = document.getElementById(idname);
				}
				break;

				case "ie4":
				{
					myobjects[idname] = document.all[idname];
				}
				break;

				case "ns4":
				{
					myobjects[idname] = document.layers[idname];
				}
				break;
			}
		}
		return myobjects[idname];
	}

	// =======================================================
	// MY FUNCTIONS 
	// =======================================================


	var commentform=false;

	function quotepost(postid,postname,postsize)
	{
		var s="";

		if (commentform)
		{
		s='* Будет добавлена цитата сообщения от <b>'+postname+'</b> размером '+postsize+' символов, id #'+postid+'. [<a href=# onclick=\'return unquote();\'>отменить</a>]';

		fetch_object("qp_msgtd").innerHTML = s;
		fetch_object("qp_postid").value = postid;
		fetch_object("new_message").focus();

		}
		else
		{
		alert('отключено');
		}

	return false;
	}

	function unquote()
	{
	fetch_object("qp_msgtd").innerHTML = '';
	fetch_object("qp_postid").value = '';
	fetch_object("new_message").focus();

	return false;
	}


	function quoteSelection()
	{
		theSelection = false;
		theSelection = document.selection.createRange().text; // Get text selection

		if (theSelection) 
		{
				insert( '[quote]' + theSelection + '[/quote]');
				fetch_object("new_text").focus();
				theSelection = '';
				return;
		}
		else
		{
				alert('Выделите нужный текст');
		} 
	}


	function selto(bbcode)
	{
		var p1="";
		var p2="";
		theSelection = false;
		theSelection = document.selection.createRange().text; // Get text selection


		switch (bbcode)
		{
			case 'b':
			{
				p1='<b>';	p2='</b>';
			}
			break;
			
			case 'i':
			{
				p1='<i>';	p2='</i>';
			}
			break;

			case 'u':
			{
				p1='<u>';	p2='</u>';
			}
			break;
			
			case 'blockquote':
			{
				p1='<blockquote>';	p2='</blockquote>';
			}
			break;
			case 'bigquote':
			{
				p1='[bigquote]';	p2='[/bigquote]';
			}
			break;
			case 'video':
			{
				p1='[video]';	p2='[/video]';
			}
			break;
			default:
			{
				return false;
			}
		}

		

		if (theSelection) 
		{
				insert( p1 + theSelection + p2);
				fetch_object("new_text").focus();
				theSelection = '';
				return;
		}
		else
		{
				alert('Выделите нужный текст');
		} 
	}


function storeCaret(el) 
{ 
	if (el.createTextRange) 
		{el.caretPos = document.selection.createRange().duplicate();}
}

function insert(text) 
{    
	if (document.postform.new_text.createTextRange && document.postform.new_text.caretPos) 
		{
			var caretPos = document.postform.new_text.caretPos;												
			caretPos.text = caretPos.text.charAt(caretPos.text.length - 1) == ' ' ? text + ' ' : text;
			document.postform.new_text.focus();
		} 
	else 
		{
		
		document.postform.new_text.value  += text;
		document.postform.new_text.focus();
		} 
}