function setCheckboxes(the_form,check_box_name, do_check){
	var elts      = document.forms[the_form].elements[check_box_name+'[]'];
	var elts_cnt  = (typeof(elts.length) != 'undefined')
		? elts.length
		: 0;
	if (elts_cnt) {
		for (var i = 0; i < elts_cnt; i++) {
			elts[i].checked = do_check;
		} // end for
	} else {
		elts.checked        = do_check;
	} // end if... else
	return true;
} // end of the 'setCheckboxes()' function


function getChar(e){
  var keynum;
  var keychar;
  var numcheck;
  
  if(isIE()) // IE
  {
	  keynum = e.keyCode;
  }
  else // Netscape/Firefox/Opera
  {
	  keynum = e.which;
  }
  keychar = String.fromCharCode(keynum);
  return keychar;
}

function getKeyCode(e)
{
var keynum;
var keychar;
var numcheck;

if(isIE()) // IE
  {
  keynum = e.keyCode;
  }
else // Netscape/Firefox/Opera
  {
  keynum = e.which;
  }
return keynum;
}

function isIE(){
    return /msie/i.test(navigator.userAgent) && !/opera/i.test(navigator.userAgent);
}