function showCurtain()
{
	var curtain = document.createElement('div');
	curtain.setAttribute('id', 'curtain');
	document.body.appendChild(curtain);
	
	BrowserDetect.init();
	if ((BrowserDetect.browser === "Explorer") && (BrowserDetect.version <= 6))
	{
		curtain.style.position = 'absolute';
		curtain.style.height = document.body.offsetHeight;
	}
}

function removeCurtain()
{
	if ($('curtain')) document.body.removeChild($('curtain'));
}

function isValidEmail(email)
{
	var emailReg = "^[\\w-_\.]*[\\w-_\.]\@[\\w]\.+[\\w]+[\\w]$";
	var regex = new RegExp(emailReg);
	return regex.test(email);
}

function optionListIEFix(containerId)
{
	var el = document.getElementById(containerId);
	if (document.all && el != null)
	   el.outerHTML = el.outerHTML;
}

var BrowserDetect = {
	init: function () {
		this.browser = this.searchString(this.dataBrowser) || "An unknown browser";
		this.version = this.searchVersion(navigator.userAgent)
			|| this.searchVersion(navigator.appVersion)
			|| "an unknown version";
		this.OS = this.searchString(this.dataOS) || "an unknown OS";
	},
	searchString: function (data) {
		for (var i=0;i<data.length;i++)	{
			var dataString = data[i].string;
			var dataProp = data[i].prop;
			this.versionSearchString = data[i].versionSearch || data[i].identity;
			if (dataString) {
				if (dataString.indexOf(data[i].subString) != -1)
					return data[i].identity;
			}
			else if (dataProp)
				return data[i].identity;
		}
	},
	searchVersion: function (dataString) {
		var index = dataString.indexOf(this.versionSearchString);
		if (index == -1) return;
		return parseFloat(dataString.substring(index+this.versionSearchString.length+1));
	},
	dataBrowser: [
		{ 	string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "OmniWeb",
			versionSearch: "OmniWeb/",
			identity: "OmniWeb"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.vendor,
			subString: "Apple",
			identity: "Safari"
		},
		{
			prop: window.opera,
			identity: "Opera"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.vendor,
			subString: "iCab",
			identity: "iCab"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.vendor,
			subString: "KDE",
			identity: "Konqueror"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "Firefox",
			identity: "Firefox"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.vendor,
			subString: "Camino",
			identity: "Camino"
		},
		{		// for newer Netscapes (6+)
			string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "Netscape",
			identity: "Netscape"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "MSIE",
			identity: "Explorer",
			versionSearch: "MSIE"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "Gecko",
			identity: "Mozilla",
			versionSearch: "rv"
		},
		{ 		// for older Netscapes (4-)
			string: navigator.userAgent,
			subString: "Mozilla",
			identity: "Netscape",
			versionSearch: "Mozilla"
		}
	],
	dataOS : [
		{
			string: navigator.platform,
			subString: "Win",
			identity: "Windows"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.platform,
			subString: "Mac",
			identity: "Mac"
		},
		{
			string: navigator.platform,
			subString: "Linux",
			identity: "Linux"
		}
	]

};

function removeSpaces(str)
{
	return str.split(' ').join('');
}

function isNumeric(sText)
{
	var ValidChars = "0123456789.";
	var IsNumber = true;
	var Char;
	
	for (i = 0; i < sText.length && IsNumber == true; i++) 
	{ 
		Char = sText.charAt(i); 
		if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1) 
		{
			IsNumber = false;
		}
	}
	
	return IsNumber;
}

function isInteger(sText)
{
	var ValidChars = "0123456789";
	var IsNumber = true;
	var Char;
	
	for (i = 0; i < sText.length && IsNumber == true; i++) 
	{ 
		Char = sText.charAt(i); 
		if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1) 
		{
			IsNumber = false;
		}
	}
	
	return IsNumber;
}