function toggleLayer(whichLayer) {
  var elem, vis;
  if(document.getElementById) // this is the way the standards work
    elem = document.getElementById(whichLayer);
  else if(document.all) // this is the way old msie versions work
      elem = document.all[whichLayer];
  else if(document.layers) // this is the way nn4 works
    elem = document.layers[whichLayer];
  vis = elem.style;
  // if the style.display value is blank we try to figure it out here
  if(vis.display==''&&elem.offsetWidth!=undefined&&elem.offsetHeight!=undefined)
    vis.display = (elem.offsetWidth!=0&&elem.offsetHeight!=0)?'block':'none';
  vis.display = (vis.display==''||vis.display=='block')?'none':'block';
}
//max chars
function setMaxLength() {
	var x = document.getElementsByTagName('textarea');
	var counter = document.createElement('div');
	counter.className = 'counter';
	for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++) {
		if (x[i].getAttribute('maxlength')) {
			var counterClone = counter.cloneNode(true);
			counterClone.relatedElement = x[i];
			counterClone.innerHTML = '<span>0</span>/'+x[i].getAttribute('maxlength');
			x[i].parentNode.insertBefore(counterClone,x[i].nextSibling);
			x[i].relatedElement = counterClone.getElementsByTagName('span')[0];

			x[i].onkeyup = x[i].onchange = checkMaxLength;
			x[i].onkeyup();
		}
	}
}

function checkMaxLength() {
	var maxLength = this.getAttribute('maxlength');
	var currentLength = this.value.length;
	if (currentLength > maxLength)
		this.relatedElement.className = 'toomuch';
	else
		this.relatedElement.className = '';
	this.relatedElement.firstChild.nodeValue = currentLength;
	// not innerHTML
}
function chkLength(evt,len)
{
         var str = document.getElementById(evt.id);
         if(str.value.length < len)
        {
                return true;
        }
        else
       {
              return false;
        }
}