// JavaScript Document
function replaceText(el, text) {
  if (el != null) {
    clearText(el);
    var newNode = document.createTextNode(text);
    el.appendChild(newNode);
  }
}
 function appendText(node, text) {
            var newTextNode = document.createTextNode(text);
            node.appendChild(newTextNode);
        }
function clearText(el) {
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        el.removeChild(childNode);
      }
    }
  }
}

function getText(el) {
  var text = "";
  if (el != null) {
    if (el.childNodes) {
      for (var i = 0; i < el.childNodes.length; i++) {
        var childNode = el.childNodes[i];
        if (childNode.nodeValue != null) {
          text = text + childNode.nodeValue;
        }
      }
    }
  }
  return text;
}


function addbarelink(url, name)
{
  var na = document.createElement('a');
  na.setAttribute('href', url);

  var txt = document.createTextNode(name);
  na.appendChild(txt);
  return na;
}



//Removes illigal charachters from a stirng
function customHtmlEncode(value)
{
var newValue = value.replace(/</g,"&lt;")
                    .replace(/>/g,"&gt;")
                    .replace(/'/g,"&#146;")
                    .replace(/"/g,"&quot;");
                    return newValue;
}