function itemCount(stringVar,delimeter)
// this function returns the number of items in the string, as marked by the delimiter character
{
matches = 0;
stringVarLength = stringVar.length;
	for (var P = 1; P <= stringVarLength; P++)
	{
		charVal = stringVar.charAt(P);
		if (charVal == delimeter) { matches = matches + 1; }
	}
matches = matches + 1;
return (matches);
}



function getItem(posNum,stringVar,delimeter)
{
// set variables
stringVarLength = stringVar.length;
matches = 0;
prevPos = 0;
currentPos = -1;

// end if  if delimeter is at first character (nothing before that!)
if ( (posNum == 1) && (stringVar.charAt(0) == delimeter) )
	{ zResult = ""; }
else
{
// continue on, find position in string based on delimiter
	for (var P = 1; P <= stringVarLength; P++)
	{
		if (stringVar.charAt(P) == delimeter)
			{
				prevPos = currentPos;
				currentPos = P;
				matches = matches + 1;
			}
		if (matches == posNum) {break}
	}

	if (P > stringVarLength)
		{
			prevPos = currentPos;
			currentPos = (P - 1);
		}
	prevPos = prevPos + 1;

	position = stringVar.substring(prevPos,currentPos);
}

	return (position);
}





function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}