function confirmAction(theMessage) {
    if(typeof(window.opera) != 'undefined') {
      return true;
    }
    var is_confirmed = confirm(theMessage);
    return is_confirmed;
}

function submitonce(theform){
   //if IE 4+ or NS 6+
   if (document.all || document.getElementById){
      //screen thru every element in the form, and hunt down "submit" and "reset"
      for (i=0;i<theform.length;i++){
         var tempobj=theform.elements[i]
         if(tempobj.type.toLowerCase()=="submit"||tempobj.type.toLowerCase()=="reset")
            //disable em
            tempobj.disabled=true
      }
   }
}
function array_push(a, value)
{
   a[a.length] = value;
   return a.length;
}
function formCheck(formobj) {
   // Enter name of mandatory fields
   var fieldRequired = Array("TITLE", "URL", "OWNER_NAME", "OWNER_EMAIL", "CAPTCHA");
   // Enter field description to appear in the dialog box
   var fieldDescription = Array("Title", "Link URL", "Your Name", "Your Email-address", "Security Code");

   // dialog message
   var alertMsg = "Please complete the following fields:\n";

   var l_Msg = alertMsg.length;

   for (var i = 0; i < fieldRequired.length; i++){
      var obj = formobj.elements[fieldRequired[i]];
      if (obj){
         switch(obj.type){
         case "select-one":
            if (obj.selectedIndex == -1 || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].text == ""){
               alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
            }
            break;
         case "select-multiple":
            if (obj.selectedIndex == -1){
               alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
            }
            break;
         case "text":
         case "textarea":
            if (obj.value == "" || obj.value == null){
               alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
            }
            break;
         default:
         }
         if (obj.type == undefined){
            var blnchecked = false;
            for (var j = 0; j < obj.length; j++){
               if (obj[j].checked){
                  blnchecked = true;
               }
            }
            if (!blnchecked){
               alertMsg += " - " + fieldDescription[i] + "\n";
            }
         }
      }
   }

   if (alertMsg.length == l_Msg){
      return true;
   }else{
      alert(alertMsg);
      return false;
   }
}