function ge(elementid) 
{
  return document.getElementById(elementid);
}


function findX(obj)
{
  var curleft = 0;
  if (obj.offsetParent) {
    while (obj.offsetParent) {
      curleft += obj.offsetLeft
      obj = obj.offsetParent;
    }
  }
  else if (obj.x)
    curleft += obj.x;
  return curleft;
}


function findY(obj)
{
  var curtop = 0;
  if(obj.offsetParent) {
    while (obj.offsetParent) {
      curtop += obj.offsetTop
      obj = obj.offsetParent;
    }
  }
  else if (obj.y)
    curtop += obj.y;
  return curtop;
}

function mousePosX(e)
{
  var posx = 0;
  if (!e) var e = window.event;
  if (e.pageX)
    posx = e.pageX;
  else if (e.clientX && document.body.scrollLeft)
    posx = e.clientX + document.body.scrollLeft;
  else if (e.clientX && document.documentElement.scrollLeft)
    posx = e.clientX + document.documentElement.scrollLeft;
  else if (e.clientX)
    posx = e.clientX;
  return posx;
}

function mousePosY(e)
{
  var posy = 0;
  if (!e) var e = window.event;
  if (e.pageY)
    posy = e.pageY;
  else if (e.clientY && document.body.scrollTop)
    posy = e.clientY + document.body.scrollTop;
  else if (e.clientY && document.documentElement.scrollTop)
    posy = e.clientY + document.documentElement.scrollTop;
  else if (e.clientY)
    posy = e.clientY;
  return posy;
}


function dp(object)
{
  var descString;
  for(var value in object)
    descString += (value + " => " + object[value] + "\n");
  if( descString != "" )
    alert(descString);
  else
    alert(object);
}


function dpd(debugOutput)
{
  if( ge('debugout') ) {
    ge('debugout').style.overflow = "auto";
    ge('debugout').innerHTML = debugOutput + "<br>" + ge('debugout').innerHTML;
  }
}

function bigprint(object)
{
  var descString;
  for(var value in object)
    descString += (value + " => " + object[value] + "\n");
  if( descString != "" )
    dpd(descString);
  else
    dpd("bigprint failed " + object);
}


var debugStartTime;
function dtime(marker)
{
  endTime = new Date();
  dpd(marker + " " + (debugStartTime.getTime() - endTime.getTime()));
  debugStartTime = endTime;
}

function dtimestart()
{
  debugStartTime = new Date();
}