//------------------------------------ //JScode for the Exit confirmation //It's called from a form, whenever a form field is modified var changed_flag; function f_store() { changed_flag = 'yes'; } //----------------------------------- function exit_confirm(back_url) { if (changed_flag) { if (confirm(msg)) { return window.location = back_url; } } else { return window.location = back_url; } } //----------------------------------- //JScode for opening a window function openwindow(url,title,properties) { mywin = window.open(url,title,properties); } //----------------------------------- //JScode for opening a textarea for the description of a starting discussion thread function open_textarea(label, done) { var clicked = document.f1.create_thread.checked; if ( clicked == true ) { var win = window.open('','Browse','toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,width=480,height=310,resizable=yes'); var html = '
'+ label +':


'; win.document.open(); win.document.write(html); win.document.close(); } } //----------------------------------- //JScode for alerting about the correct importing of a tab-separated file into MS-Excel function alert_excel_import() { var txt = 'When a tab-separated file is opened with MS Excel, in Step 2 of the "Text Import Wizard", there is an option for the "Text qualifier", which by default is the double quote, but the user is cautioned to select the {none} option from the relevant menu, to avoid any problems from the presence of double quotes in the file contents.'; alert(txt); }