function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit)
{
	if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
		field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
	else 
  		countfield.value =  field.value.length;
}

function popup(url, width, height) {
	day = new Date();
	id = day.getTime();
	eval("page" + id + " = window.open(url, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=Yes,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=Yes,width='+width+',height='+height);");
}

function formatCurrency(num)
{
	num = num.toString().replace(/\$|\,/g,'');
	if(isNaN(num))
	num = "0";
	sign = (num == (num = Math.abs(num)));
	num = Math.floor(num*100+0.50000000001);
	cents = num%100;
	num = Math.floor(num/100).toString();
	if(cents<10)
	cents = "0" + cents;
	for (var i = 0; i < Math.floor((num.length-(1+i))/3); i++)
	num = num.substring(0,num.length-(4*i+3))+','+
	num.substring(num.length-(4*i+3));
	return (((sign)?'':'-') + '' + num + '.' + cents);
}