function ajaxUpdate(script,update,params,method,indicator){
  if(update){
    new Request({
      url:        script,
      method:     method,
      onRequest: function(request){
         $(indicator).setStyle('display','');
      },
      evalScripts:  true,
      onComplete:   function(request){
         $(indicator).setStyle('display','none');
         //making the tooltips ready
         var Tips3 = new Tips($$('.tips'), {
	        showDelay: 400,
	        hideDelay: 400,
	        fixed: false
         });
      },
      onSuccess:  
         function(response) {
		        $(update).set('html', response);
		     }
    }).send(params);
  }
}


function aken(url,w,h){
			var nam = url.substr(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
			nam = nam.substr(0, nam.indexOf("."));
			nam = nam.replace(/\W+/g, '');
			window.open(url, nam, 'scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=no, width='+w+', height='+h+',screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10');
		}
		
		function akenn(url,w,h){
        var nam = url.substr(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
        nam = nam.substr(0, nam.indexOf("."));
        nam = nam.replace(/\W+/g, '');
        window.open(url, nam, 'scrollbars=no,status=no,resizable=yes, width='+w+', height='+h+',screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10');
      }
		
		function aken2(url,w,h){
			var nam = url.substr(url.lastIndexOf("/") + 1);
			nam = nam.substr(0, nam.indexOf("."));
			nam = nam.replace(/\W+/g, '');
			window.open(url, nam ,'scrollbars=yes,status=no,resizable=no, width='+w+', height='+h+',screenX=10,screenY=10,top=10,left=10');
		}
		
      function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
        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_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_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
        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 && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
      }
      
      function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
        var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; 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];}
      }

/*
  depends on: mootools with Ajax - option included
*/

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() { //v3.0
  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; 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 msg(msg,id,type){
  //new div element, displaying failure case
  var msgDiv = new Element('div');
  msgDiv.id = 'errordiv_'+id;
  msgDiv.injectInside($E('body'));
  msgDiv.setStyle('position','absolute');
  msgDiv.setStyle('top','10px');
  msgDiv.setStyle('left','10px');
  if(type === 'error'){
   msgDiv.setStyle('background-color','#FF0000');
  } else if(type === 'msg') {
   msgDiv.setStyle('background-color','#0000FF');
  }
  msgDiv.setStyle('color','#fff');
  msgDiv.setStyle('fontWeight','bold');
  var errorStartDuration = 500;
  var errorEndDuration   = 500;
  var myEffects = new Fx.Styles(msgDiv, {
   duration:errorStartDuration,
   transition: Fx.Transitions.linear,
   onComplete: function(){
   }
  }); 
  myEffects.start({
    'height': [0, 40],
    'width': [0, 100]
  }).chain(function(){
         msgDiv.appendText(msg);
         (function(){msgDiv.setText('')}).delay(3000);
         this.start.delay(3000, this, {
		         'width': [100, 0],
		         'height': [40, 0]         
	       });
         (function(){msgDiv.remove()}).delay(3500);
  });
}

function doAjax(url,target){
  var ajax = new Ajax(url, {method: 'get', update: target}).request();
}

function getContentFadeIn(url,id){
   var ajax = new Ajax(url, {
      method:  'get', 
      update:  $(id),
      evalScripts: true,
      onRequest: function() { 
         actImg.setStyle('display','block'); 
         $(id).effect('opacity').start(0);
      },
      onComplete: function(){ 
         $(id).effect('opacity').start(1);
         actImg.setStyle('display','none');  
      }, 
      onFailure: function(){ msg('Toiming ebaġnnestus!',id,'error') }
  });
  ajax.request();
}


//when the dom is ready   
window.addEvent('domready', function() {   
       
/*    //store titles and text   
    $$('a.tipz').each(function(element,index) {   
        var content = element.get('title').split('::');   
        element.store('tip:title', content[0]);   
        element.store('tip:text', content[1]);   
    });   
*/       
    //create the tooltips   
    var tipz = new Tips('.tips',{   
        className: 'tips',   
        fixed: false,   
        hideDelay: 10,   
        showDelay: 10   
    });   

    tipz.addEvents({   
      'show': function(tip) {   
         tip.fade('in');   
      },   
      'hide': function(tip) {   
         tip.fade('out');   
      }   
    });   
       
});