function textCounter(field, maxlimit) {
  if (field.value == 'max 500 characters' || field.value == 'Describe Your Needs (max 500 characters)'){
     field.value ='';
  }
  if (field.value.length > maxlimit) {
    field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
  }
}

function nb_loadJS(inc) {
   var o='<'+'script src="'+inc+'"'+' type="text/javascript"><'+'/script>';
   document.write(o); 
}

function ddrivetip(tipobjName, thetext, thecolor, thewidth){
    tipobj=document.getElementById(tipobjName);
    if (ns6||ie){
	if (typeof thewidth!="undefined") tipobj.style.width=thewidth+"px";
	if (typeof thecolor!="undefined" && thecolor!="") tipobj.style.backgroundColor=thecolor;
	tipobj.innerHTML=thetext;
	enabletip=true;
	tipobj.style.visibility="visible";
	return false
    }
}

function positiontip(e){
   if (enabletip){
	var curX=(ns6)?e.pageX : event.clientX+ietruebody().scrollLeft;
	var curY=(ns6)?e.pageY : event.clientY+ietruebody().scrollTop;
	//Find out how close the mouse is to the corner of the window
	var rightedge=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientWidth-event.clientX-offsetxpoint : window.innerWidth-e.clientX-offsetxpoint-20;
	var bottomedge=ie&&!window.opera? ietruebody().clientHeight-event.clientY-offsetypoint : window.innerHeight-e.clientY-offsetypoint-20;

	var leftedge=(offsetxpoint<0)? offsetxpoint*(-1) : -1000;

	//if the horizontal distance is not enough to accomodate the width of the context menu
	if (rightedge<tipobj.offsetWidth)
	//move the horizontal position of the menu to the left by it's width
		tipobj.style.left=ie? ietruebody().scrollLeft+event.clientX-tipobj.offsetWidth+"px" : window.pageXOffset+e.clientX-tipobj.offsetWidth+"px";
	else if (curX<leftedge)
		tipobj.style.left="5px";
	else
	//position the horizontal position of the menu where the mouse is positioned
		tipobj.style.left=curX+offsetxpoint+"px";

	//same concept with the vertical position
	if (bottomedge<tipobj.offsetHeight)
		tipobj.style.top=ie? ietruebody().scrollTop+event.clientY-tipobj.offsetHeight-offsetypoint+"px" : window.pageYOffset+e.clientY-tipobj.offsetHeight-offsetypoint+"px";
	else
		tipobj.style.top=curY+offsetypoint+"px";
		tipobj.style.visibility="visible";
     }
}

function hideddrivetip(tipobjName){
   tipobj=document.getElementById(tipobjName);
   if (ns6||ie){
	enabletip=false
	tipobj.style.visibility="hidden"
	tipobj.style.left="-1000px"
	tipobj.style.backgroundColor=''
	tipobj.style.width=''
   } 
}