/* * returns the value of the selected item from the select_id provided */ function getSelectValue( select_id ) { var oSelect = document.getElementById(select_id); return oSelect.options[oSelect.selectedIndex].value; } /* * returns an array with the associative 'text' and 'value' for each selected item * from the select_id provided */ function getMultipleSelectValue( select_id ) { var oSelect = document.getElementById(select_id); var selectedItems = new Array(); var count = 0; for(var i=0; i 0) { return selectedItems; } else { return false; //nothing checked } } /* * returns the value of the radio item selected, or returns FALSE if none was selected * from the radio_name provided */ function getRadioValue( radio_name ) { var temp_obj = document.getElementsByName(radio_name); for (var i=0; i 0) { return checked_items; } else { return false; //nothing checked } }