//this function pops up a window with a given url

function popup_url(url) {
	//alert ("Our URL is: " + url);
	var url_window = window.open(url,'displayWindow','height=450,width=565,toolbar=no, location=no, status=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes');
	//url_window.focus();  -- This line reomved because Internet Explorer does not handle this correctly.
}

// This function shows in the status bar what the user will be shown in the popup

function show_status(string) {
	//alert("Our incoming string is: " + string);
		window.status = string;
        return true;
}

// This function clears the window for the next definition

function clear_status() {
        window.status="";
        return true;
}