function GetPosition(element) {
    var result = new Object();
    result.x = 0;
    result.y = 0;
    result.width = 0;
    result.height = 0;
    if (element.offsetParent) {
        result.x = element.offsetLeft;
        result.y = element.offsetTop;
        var parent = element.offsetParent;
        while (parent) {
            result.x += parent.offsetLeft;
            result.y += parent.offsetTop;
            var parentTagName = parent.tagName.toLowerCase();
            if (parentTagName != "table" &&
                parentTagName != "body" && 
                parentTagName != "html" && 
                parentTagName != "div" && 
                parent.clientTop && 
                parent.clientLeft) {
                result.x += parent.clientLeft;
                result.y += parent.clientTop;
            }
            parent = parent.offsetParent;
        }
    }
    else if (element.left && element.top) {
        result.x = element.left;
        result.y = element.top;
    }
    else {
        if (element.x) {
            result.x = element.x;
        }
        if (element.y) {
            result.y = element.y;
        }
    }
    if (element.offsetWidth && element.offsetHeight) {
        result.width = element.offsetWidth;
        result.height = element.offsetHeight;
    }
    else if (element.style && element.style.pixelWidth && element.style.pixelHeight) {
        result.width = element.style.pixelWidth;
        result.height = element.style.pixelHeight;
    }
    return result;
}

function $(elementId) {
    if (document.getElementById) {
        return document.getElementById(elementId);
    }
    else if (document.all) {
        return document.all[elementId];
    }
    else return null;
}

function GetParentByTagName(element, tagName) {
    var parent = element.parentNode;
    var upperTagName = tagName.toUpperCase();
    while (parent && (parent.tagName.toUpperCase() != upperTagName)) {
        parent = parent.parentNode ? parent.parentNode : parent.parentElement;
    }
    return parent;
}

function GetElementsByTagName(element, tagName) {
    if (element && tagName) {
        if (element.getElementsByTagName) {
            return element.getElementsByTagName(tagName);
        }
        if (element.all && element.all.tags) {
            return element.all.tags(tagName);
        }
    }
    return null;
}

function createXMLHttpRequest( ) {
    try { return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) {}
    try { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) {}
    try { return new XMLHttpRequest( ); } catch(e) {}
    alert("XMLHttpRequest not supported");
    return null;
}