/*DO NOT put client-specific javascript here --- save that for the siteScripts.js*/

function openwindow(url, width, height) {
    window.open(url, "win", 'toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=0,scrollbars=1,resizable=1,width='
			+ width + ',height=' + height);
}


var pingAJAX;
var _statusControlName;

function ping(URL, statusControlID, message) {
    _statusControlName = statusControlID;

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        pingAJAX = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } else {
        pingAJAX = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.XMLHTTP");
    }

    pingAJAX.open("GET", URL, true);
    pingAJAX.send(null);

    document.getElementById(_statusControlName).innerHTML = message;

}

function appendQSToURL(url, qs) {
    if (url.indexOf("?") > 0)
        return url + "&" + qs;
    else
        return url + "?" + qs;
}