//The following are for browsers like NS4 or IE5Mac which don't support either
//attachEvent or addEventListener
function MyAttachEvent(obj,evt,fnc)
    {
    try
        {
        if (!obj.myEvents) obj.myEvents={};
        if (!obj.myEvents[evt]) obj.myEvents[evt]=[];
        var evts = obj.myEvents[evt];
        evts[evts.length]=fnc;
        }
    catch(e)
        {
        var_dump(e);
        }
    }
    
function MyFireEvent(obj,evt)
    {
    if (!obj || !obj.myEvents || !obj.myEvents[evt]) return;
    var evts = obj.myEvents[evt];
    for (var i=0,len=evts.length;i<len;i++) 
        evts[i]();
    }

function AttachEvent(obj,evt,fnc,useCapture){
    
    if (!useCapture) useCapture=false;
    
    if (obj.addEventListener)
        {
        obj.addEventListener(evt,fnc,useCapture);
        return true;
        } 
    else if (obj.attachEvent) return obj.attachEvent("on"+evt,fnc);
    else
        {
        MyAttachEvent(obj,evt,fnc);
        obj['on'+evt]=function(){ MyFireEvent(obj,evt) };
        }
    }




/**
 * Added by James R. Carr... cross browser way to detach an event handler
 *
 * @access public
 * @param Object obj - object firing the event
 * @param string evt  - the type of event to handle
 * @param Function fnc - function object to handle the event
 * @param bool useCapture - beats me.
 * @return void 
 */
function RemoveEvent(obj, evt, fnc, useCapture)
    {
    if(obj.removeEventListener)
        {
        obj.removeEventListener(evt, fnc, useCapture);
        return true;
        }
    else if(obj.detachEvent) return obj.detachEvent("on"+evt, fnc);
    else
        {
        throw "Removing of events is not supported, please implement. :(";
        }
    }
/**
 * Stops the default action of an event
 *
 * @access public
 * @param Event
 * @return void
 */
function stopDefaultAction(e)
    {
    if(window.event)
        {
        window.event.cancelBubble = true
        window.event.returnValue = false;
        }
    else
        {
        e.preventDefault();
        }
    }