// define a few variables that are required
var vbmenu_usepopups = false;
var ignorequotechars = 0;

// #############################################################################
// 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('safari') != -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 vbDOMtype = '';
if (document.getElementById)
{
	vbDOMtype = "std";
}
else if (document.all)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ie4";
}
else if (document.layers)
{
	vbDOMtype = "ns4";
}
// make an array to store cached locations of objects called by fetch_object
var vBobjects = new Array();

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

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

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

// #############################################################################
// function to handle the different event models of different browsers
// and prevent event bubbling
function do_an_e(eventobj)
{
	if (!eventobj || is_ie)
	{
		window.event.returnValue = false;
		window.event.cancelBubble = true;
		return window.event;
	}
	else
	{
		eventobj.stopPropagation();
		eventobj.preventDefault();
		return eventobj;
	}
}


// #############################################################################
// function to open a generic window
function openWindow(url, width, height)
{
	window.open(url, "vBPopup", "statusbar=no,menubar=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=" + width + ",height=" + height);
	return false;
}



// #############################################################################
// ################## vBulletin Collapse HTML Functions ########################
// #############################################################################

// #############################################################################
// function to toggle the collapse state of an object, and save to a cookie
function toggle_collapse(objid)
{
	if (!is_regexp)
	{
		return false;
	}
	obj = fetch_object("collapseobj_" + objid);
	img = fetch_object("collapseimg_" + objid);
	cel = fetch_object("collapsecel_" + objid);

	if (obj.style.display == "none")
	{
		obj.style.display = "";
		save_collapsed(objid, false);
		if (img)
		{
			img_re = new RegExp("_collapsed\\.gif$");
			img.src = img.src.replace(img_re, '.gif');
		}
		if (cel)
		{
			cel_re = new RegExp("^(thead|tcat)(_collapsed)$");
			cel.className = cel.className.replace(cel_re, '$1');
		}
	}
	else
	{
		obj.style.display = "none";
		save_collapsed(objid, true);
		if (img)
		{
			img_re = new RegExp("\\.gif$");
			img.src = img.src.replace(img_re, '_collapsed.gif');
		}
		if (cel)
		{
			cel_re = new RegExp("^(thead|tcat)$");
			cel.className = cel.className.replace(cel_re, '$1_collapsed');
		}
	}
	return false;
}

// #############################################################################
// update vbulletin_collapse cookie with collapse preferences
function save_collapsed(objid, addcollapsed)
{
	var collapsed = fetch_cookie("vbulletin_collapse");
	var tmp = new Array();

	if (collapsed != null)
	{
		collapsed = collapsed.split("\n");

		for (i in collapsed)
		{
			if (collapsed[i] != objid && collapsed[i] != "")
			{
				tmp[tmp.length] = collapsed[i];
			}
		}
	}

	if (addcollapsed)
	{
		tmp[tmp.length] = objid;
	}

	expires = new Date();
	expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + (1000 * 86400 * 365));
	set_cookie("vbulletin_collapse", tmp.join("\n"), expires);
}

// #############################################################################
// function to register a menu for later initialization
function vbmenu_register(controlid, nowrite, datefield)
{
	if (vbmenu_usepopups)
	{
		vbmenu_doregister(controlid, nowrite, datefield);
	}
}

// #############################################################################
// ############## Main vBulletin Javascript Initialization #####################
// #############################################################################

function vBulletin_init()
{
	if (is_webtv)
	{
		return true;
	}
	switch (vbDOMtype)
	{
		case "std": imgs = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); break;
		case "ie4": imgs = document.all.tags("img");             break;
		default:    imgs = false;                                break;
	}
	if (imgs)
	{
		// set 'title' tags for image elements
		for (var i = 0; i < imgs.length; i++)
		{
			if (!imgs[i].title && imgs[i].alt != "")
			{
				imgs[i].title = imgs[i].alt;
			}
		}
	}

	// init registered menus
	if (vbmenu_usepopups && vbmenu_registered.length > 0)
	{
		for (i in vbmenu_registered)
		{
			vbmenu_init(vbmenu_registered[i]);
		}

		// close all menus on mouse click
		document.onclick = vbmenu_close;
	}
	return true;
}

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|| # CVS: $RCSfile: vbulletin_global.js,v $ - $Revision: 1.80 $
|| ####################################################################
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