function openwindow(theURL,winName,options) {
  if (options == 'speaking') features='height=430,width=550,menubar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,top=0,left=0';
  if (options == 'watchlist') features='height=500,width=600,menubar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,top=0,left=0';
  if (options == 'largead') features='height=440,width=600,menubar=no,resizable=no,scrollbars=yes,status=no,toolbar=no,top=0,left=0';
   if (!win || win.closed){
      var win = window.open(theURL, '',features);
      }
   else
 if (win.document.URL.indexOf(theURL) != -1) {
        win.focus();
    }
   else
  win.location=theURL;
     win.focus();
}

function changeclass(id, newClass)//put into global js file
	{
	var identity=document.getElementById(id);
	identity.className=newClass;

	}

function makeprice(x) {

	return r2(x);
	
	// finding a way of rounding correctly in javascript seemed almost impossible
	// I tried many documented ways, including toFixed and various other solutions
	// but all failed on this basic rouding scenario:
	// 17.955 would round to 17.95 not 17.96
	// yet, 27.855 would correctly round to 27.86 !!?!?
	
}






function r2(n) { 
 // from http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/javascript/numbers.htm#round2
  ans = n * 1000 
  ans = Math.round(ans /10) + "" 
  while (ans.length < 3) {ans = "0" + ans} 
  len = ans.length 
  ans = ans.substring(0,len-2) + "." + ans.substring(len-2,len)
  return ans 
}