   // CONSTANTS
  var separator = ",";  // use comma as 000's separator
  var decpoint = ".";  // use period as decimal point
  var percent = "%";
  var currency = "€";  // use dollar sign for currency


  function fn(number, format, print) {  // use: formatNumber(number, "format")
    if (print) document.write("formatNumber(" + number + ", \"" + format + "\")<br>");

    if (number - 0 != number) return null;  // if number is NaN return null
    var useSeparator = format.indexOf(separator) != -1;  // use separators in number
    var usePercent = format.indexOf(percent) != -1;  // convert output to percentage
    var useCurrency = format.indexOf(currency) != -1;  // use currency format
    var isNegative = (number < 0);
    number = Math.abs (number);
    if (usePercent) number *= 100;
    format = strip(format, separator + percent + currency);  // remove key characters
    number = "" + number;  // convert number input to string

     // split input value into LHS and RHS using decpoint as divider
    var dec = number.indexOf(decpoint) != -1;
    var nleftEnd = (dec) ? number.substring(0, number.indexOf(".")) : number;
    var nrightEnd = (dec) ? number.substring(number.indexOf(".") + 1) : "";

     // split format string into LHS and RHS using decpoint as divider
    dec = format.indexOf(decpoint) != -1;
    var sleftEnd = (dec) ? format.substring(0, format.indexOf(".")) : format;
    var srightEnd = (dec) ? format.substring(format.indexOf(".") + 1) : "";

     // adjust decimal places by cropping or adding zeros to LHS of number
    if (srightEnd.length < nrightEnd.length) {
      var nextChar = nrightEnd.charAt(srightEnd.length) - 0;
      nrightEnd = nrightEnd.substring(0, srightEnd.length);
      if (nextChar >= 5) nrightEnd = "" + ((nrightEnd - 0) + 1);  // round up

 // patch provided by Patti Marcoux 1999/08/06
      while (srightEnd.length > nrightEnd.length) {
        nrightEnd = "0" + nrightEnd;
      }

      if (srightEnd.length < nrightEnd.length) {
        nrightEnd = nrightEnd.substring(1);
        nleftEnd = (nleftEnd - 0) + 1;
      }
    } else {
      for (var i=nrightEnd.length; srightEnd.length > nrightEnd.length; i++) {
        if (srightEnd.charAt(i) == "0") nrightEnd += "0";  // append zero to RHS of number
        else break;
      }
    }

     // adjust leading zeros
    sleftEnd = strip(sleftEnd, "#");  // remove hashes from LHS of format
    while (sleftEnd.length > nleftEnd.length) {
      nleftEnd = "0" + nleftEnd;  // prepend zero to LHS of number
    }

    if (useSeparator) nleftEnd = separate(nleftEnd, separator);  // add separator
    var output = nleftEnd + ((nrightEnd != "") ? "." + nrightEnd : "");  // combine parts
    output = ((useCurrency) ? currency : "") + output + ((usePercent) ? percent : "");
    if (isNegative) {
      // patch suggested by Tom Denn 25/4/2001
      output = (useCurrency) ? "(" + output + ")" : "-" + output;
    }
    return output;
  }

  function strip(input, chars) {  // strip all characters in 'chars' from input
    var output = "";  // initialise output string
    for (var i=0; i < input.length; i++)
      if (chars.indexOf(input.charAt(i)) == -1)
        output += input.charAt(i);
    return output;
  }

  function separate(input, separator) {  // format input using 'separator' to mark 000's
    input = "" + input;
    var output = "";  // initialise output string
    for (var i=0; i < input.length; i++) {
      if (i != 0 && (input.length - i) % 3 == 0) output += separator;
      output += input.charAt(i);
    }
    return output;
  }


function resetmenus() {
	
	document.getElementById("pension_menu").style.left=getRealLeft("imgpen");

}

function getRealLeft(div_name) {

	xPos = document.getElementById(div_name).offsetLeft;
    tempEl = document.getElementById(div_name).offsetParent;

	while (tempEl != null) {
        xPos += tempEl.offsetLeft;
        tempEl = tempEl.offsetParent;
    }
    return xPos;
}

function getRealTop(div_name) { 
	yPos = document.getElementById(div_name).offsetTop; 
	tempEl = document.getElementById(div_name).offsetParent; 
	
	while (tempEl != null) { 
		yPos += tempEl.offsetTop; 
		tempEl = tempEl.offsetParent; 
	} 
	return yPos; 
} 

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore(menu) { //v3.0
  if(menu_state[menu]!="visible"){
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;}
}


function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; if(menu_state[a[1]]!="visible"){;document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}}
}

function val(sText)
{
   var ValidChars = "0123456789.";
   var MyNumber="";
   var Char;

 
   for (i = 0; i < sText.length; i++) 
      { 
      Char = sText.charAt(i); 
      if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char)!=-1) 
		 MyNumber+=Char;
      }
   
   if(isNaN(MyNumber))
	   return 0;
   else
	   return MyNumber;
   
   }

