function popDialog(url, winName, winWidth, winHeight, scrollbars, resize, status) {
// put up a dialog box
	var x = parseInt((screen.availWidth - winWidth) / 2);
	var y = parseInt((screen.availHeight - winHeight) / 2);

	if (status) {
		attributes = 'status=' + status + ',resizable=';
		if (status.toLowerCase() == 'yes') {y += 20;}
		} else {
		attributes = 'status=no,resizable=';
		}
	if (resize) {
		attributes = attributes + resize + ',';
		} else {
		attributes = attributes + 'no,';
		}

	attributes = attributes + 'scrollbars=';
	if (scrollbars) {
		attributes = attributes + scrollbars + ',';
		} else {
		attributes = attributes + 'no,';
		}

	attributes = attributes + 'screenX=' + x + ',left=' + x + ',screenY=' + y + ',top=' + y ;
	attributes = attributes + ',width=' + winWidth + ' ,height=' + winHeight;
	return window.open(url, winName, attributes)
}
function pubType() {
	var pub;
	if (f.ProductType.value == "E") {
		pub = 'event;'
	} else if (f.ProductType.value == "W") {
		pub = 'web site';
	} else {
		pub = 'publication';
	}
	return pub;
}

function doSimpleSearch() {
	//products
	var p = '';
	if (f.ptype[0].checked) {p += 'P';}
	if (f.ptype[1].checked) {p += 'E';}
	if (f.ptype[2].checked) {p += 'W';}
	if (p == '') {
		alert('Please select one or more IDG product types.');
		return;
	}
	if (f.SText.value == '') {return;}
	var tmp = replaceSubstring(replaceSubstring(f.SText.value, '"', ''), '  ', ' ');
	var tmparray = tmp.split(' ');
	url = f.dbpath.value + '/(SimpleSearchAgent)?OpenAgent&query=';
	if (f.stype[0].checked)  {
		tmp = '("' + tmparray.join('") AND ("') + '")';
	} else {
		tmp = '("' + tmparray.join('") OR ("') + '")';
	}
	url += escape('(' + tmp + ')') + '&producttype=' + p;
//	alert(url);
	location.href = url;
}

function replaceSubstring (inputString, badString, goodString, caseSensitive) {
//Source: Domino PowerMagazine, April 2000 http://www.dominopower.com/
	fixedReplace = " ";
	UI = inputString;
	UB = badString;
	if ((caseSensitive !=1) && (caseSensitive != true)) {
		UI = inputString.toUpperCase();
		UB = badString.toUpperCase();
	}
	badEnd = -1;
	badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB);
	if (badLoc != -1) {
		for (x=1; (badLoc != -1); x++) {
			fixedReplace = fixedReplace + inputString.substring((badEnd + 1), badLoc) + goodString
			badEnd = badLoc + UB.length - 1;
			badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB, (badLoc + 1));
		}
		fixedReplace = fixedReplace + inputString.substring((badEnd + 1), inputString.length);
	} else {fixedReplace = inputString;}
	return fixedReplace;
}