function jumpPage(newLoc) {

		newPage = newLoc.options[newLoc.selectedIndex].value;

		if (newPage != "") {
		
			window.parent.location.href = newPage
		}
	}

function popUpWindow(URLStr, left, top, width, height){ 
 popUpWindow = open(URLStr, 'popUpWind', 'toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=yes,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,copyhistory=yes,width='+width+',height='+height+',left='+left+', top='+top+',screenX='+left+',screenY='+top+'');
}  

function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if too long...trim it!
field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
// otherwise, update 'characters left' counter
else 
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
}

function htmlentities( string ){
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +    revised by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: nobbler
    // +    tweaked by: Jack
    // +   bugfixed by: Onno Marsman
    // %          note: table from http://www.the-art-of-web.com/html/character-codes/
    // *     example 1: htmlentities('Kevin & van Zonneveld');
    // *     returns 1: 'Kevin & van Zonneveld'
 
    var histogram = {}, code = 0, tmp_arr = [], i = 0;
    var stringl = 0;
 
    histogram['34'] = 'quot';
    histogram['38'] = 'amp';
    histogram['60'] = 'lt';
    histogram['62'] = 'gt';
    histogram['160'] = 'nbsp';
    histogram['161'] = 'iexcl';
    histogram['162'] = 'cent';
    histogram['163'] = 'pound';
    histogram['164'] = 'curren';
    histogram['165'] = 'yen';
    histogram['166'] = 'brvbar';
    histogram['167'] = 'sect';
    histogram['168'] = 'uml';
    histogram['169'] = 'copy';
    histogram['170'] = 'ordf';
    histogram['171'] = 'laquo';
    histogram['172'] = 'not';
    histogram['173'] = 'shy';
    histogram['174'] = 'reg';
    histogram['175'] = 'macr';
    histogram['176'] = 'deg';
    histogram['177'] = 'plusmn';
    histogram['178'] = 'sup2';
    histogram['179'] = 'sup3';
    histogram['180'] = 'acute';
    histogram['181'] = 'micro';
    histogram['182'] = 'para';
    histogram['183'] = 'middot';
    histogram['184'] = 'cedil';
    histogram['185'] = 'sup1';
    histogram['186'] = 'ordm';
    histogram['187'] = 'raquo';
    histogram['188'] = 'frac14';
    histogram['189'] = 'frac12';
    histogram['190'] = 'frac34';
    histogram['191'] = 'iquest';
    histogram['192'] = 'Agrave';
    histogram['193'] = 'Aacute';
    histogram['194'] = 'Acirc';
    histogram['195'] = 'Atilde';
    histogram['196'] = 'Auml';
    histogram['197'] = 'Aring';
    histogram['198'] = 'AElig';
    histogram['199'] = 'Ccedil';
    histogram['200'] = 'Egrave';
    histogram['201'] = 'Eacute';
    histogram['202'] = 'Ecirc';
    histogram['203'] = 'Euml';
    histogram['204'] = 'Igrave';
    histogram['205'] = 'Iacute';
    histogram['206'] = 'Icirc';
    histogram['207'] = 'Iuml';
    histogram['208'] = 'ETH';
    histogram['209'] = 'Ntilde';
    histogram['210'] = 'Ograve';
    histogram['211'] = 'Oacute';
    histogram['212'] = 'Ocirc';
    histogram['213'] = 'Otilde';
    histogram['214'] = 'Ouml';
    histogram['215'] = 'times';
    histogram['216'] = 'Oslash';
    histogram['217'] = 'Ugrave';
    histogram['218'] = 'Uacute';
    histogram['219'] = 'Ucirc';
    histogram['220'] = 'Uuml';
    histogram['221'] = 'Yacute';
    histogram['222'] = 'THORN';
    histogram['223'] = 'szlig';
    histogram['224'] = 'agrave';
    histogram['225'] = 'aacute';
    histogram['226'] = 'acirc';
    histogram['227'] = 'atilde';
    histogram['228'] = 'auml';
    histogram['229'] = 'aring';
    histogram['230'] = 'aelig';
    histogram['231'] = 'ccedil';
    histogram['232'] = 'egrave';
    histogram['233'] = 'eacute';
    histogram['234'] = 'ecirc';
    histogram['235'] = 'euml';
    histogram['236'] = 'igrave';
    histogram['237'] = 'iacute';
    histogram['238'] = 'icirc';
    histogram['239'] = 'iuml';
    histogram['240'] = 'eth';
    histogram['241'] = 'ntilde';
    histogram['242'] = 'ograve';
    histogram['243'] = 'oacute';
    histogram['244'] = 'ocirc';
    histogram['245'] = 'otilde';
    histogram['246'] = 'ouml';
    histogram['247'] = 'divide';
    histogram['248'] = 'oslash';
    histogram['249'] = 'ugrave';
    histogram['250'] = 'uacute';
    histogram['251'] = 'ucirc';
    histogram['252'] = 'uuml';
    histogram['253'] = 'yacute';
    histogram['254'] = 'thorn';
    histogram['255'] = 'yuml';
 
    string += '';
    stringl = string.length
    for (i = 0; i < stringl; ++i) {
        code = string.charCodeAt(i);
        if (code in histogram) {
            tmp_arr[i] = '&'+histogram[code]+';';
        } else {
            tmp_arr[i] = string.charAt(i);
        }
    }
 
    return tmp_arr.join('');
}

function strip_tags($text){
 return $text.replace(/<\/?[^>]+>/gi, '');
}

function submitGo()
{
  // alert('Go');
  document.dssgov.queryParameter.value = htmlentities(strip_tags(document.dssgov.queryParameter.value));
  document.dssgov.submit();
}

function submitUSA()
{
  // alert('Go');
  document.simplefirstgov.query.value = htmlentities(strip_tags(document.simplefirstgov.query.value));
  document.simplefirstgov.submit();
}

function submitAdvanced()
{
  // alert('Advanced');
  document.dssgovAdv.submit();
}