function launchHelpWindow(pageName)
{
	helpFilename = '/texas/help/' + pageName + '_help.shtml'; 
	window.open(helpFilename,'helpWindow','toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no,width=500,height=500');
}

function getBreedHelp()
{
	
	var typeName = "";
	for ( var i = 0; i < document.LostForm.TYPE.length; ++i) 
	{
		if (document.LostForm.TYPE[i].checked == "1") 
	   	{
	   		typeName = document.LostForm.TYPE[i].value.toLowerCase();
	   		if ((typeName == "dog") || (typeName == "cat") || (typeName == "bird"))
	   		{
	   			launchHelpWindow(typeName + 'breed');				
			}
	   		else
	   		{
				alert("Sorry, breed help is only available for Dogs, Cats and Birds.");
			}
	   	}
	   	
	}
}

function fillSearchTextbox(nameIn)
{
	document.NumberOneForm.editBox.value = nameIn;
} 
	
function fillTextbox(nameIn)
{
	opener.document.LostForm.BREED.value = nameIn;
	window.close();
} 

	
function clearTextbox()
{
	document.LostForm.BREED.value = "";
} 


function mixedBreed()
{
	var breedName = "";
	var countBreeds = 0;
	for (var i = 0; i < document.NumberOneForm.elements[0].options.length; i++) 
	{
   		if (document.NumberOneForm.elements[0].options[i].selected)
   		{
			if (countBreeds > 0) //At least the second time through
			{
				breedName += "/";
			}
			breedName += document.NumberOneForm.elements[0].options[i].value;
			countBreeds++;
		}
	}
	
	if (countBreeds > 1)
	{
		breedName += " Mix";
	}
	
	return breedName;
}

function messageOn(messageURL)
{
	document.images.ImportantMessage.src = "images/" + messageURL;
}


// This function is included to overcome a bug in Netscape's implementation
// of the escape () function:

function myunescape (str)
{
	str = '' + str;
	while (true)
	{
		var i = str . indexOf ('+');
		if (i < 0)
			break;
		str = str . substring (0, i) + ' ' + str . substring (i + 1, str . length);
	}
	return unescape (str);
}



// This function creates the args [] array and populates it with data
// found in the URL's search string:

function args_init ()
{
	args = new Array ();
	var argstring = window . location . search;
	if (argstring . charAt (0) != '?')
		return;
	argstring = argstring . substring (1, argstring . length);
	var argarray = argstring . split ('&');
	var i;
	var singlearg;
	for (i = 0; i < argarray . length; ++ i)
	{
		singlearg = argarray [i] . split ('=');
		if (singlearg . length != 2)
			continue;
		var key = myunescape (singlearg [0]);
		var value = myunescape (singlearg [1]);
		args [key] = value;
	}
}