function ajax(action, data){
	var request = new Request({
		method : 'post',
		url : '/ajax_control.php',
		async : false,
		onSuccess : function(responseTree){
			result = responseTree;
		}
	});
	request.send('action='+action+(data?'&'+data:''));
	return(result);
}

function purify(data){
	data = data.replace(/&/g, 'amp;');
	data = data.replace(/%/g, 'perc;');
	return data;
}
function is_numeric(value){
	if ((isNaN(value)) || (value.length == 0))
		return 0;
	else
		return 1;
}
function imposeMaxLength(Object, MaxLen){
  return (Object.value.length <= MaxLen);
}

function default_check(str, def){
	if( str == def )
		return '';
	else
		return str;
}

function blank_check(str, def){
	if( str == '' )
		return def;
	else
		return str;
}

window.addEvent('domready', function(){
	var timer = false;
	var disableMouseOut = false;
	$each( $$('.sidenav_search li'), function(obj){
		obj.addEvent('mouseenter', function(){
			var div = this.getFirst('div');
			if( div ){
				div.style.display = 'block';
				div.id = 'TempDivId';
				$each( $$('#TempDivId select'), function(e){
					e.addEvent('mouseenter', function(){ disableMouseOut = true; });
					e.addEvent('mouseleave', function(){ disableOut.delay(5); });
				});
				div.id = '';
			}
		});
		obj.addEvent('mouseleave', function(){
			var div = this.getFirst('div');
			if( div && disableMouseOut == false ){
				div.style.display = 'none';
			}
		});
	});
	function disableOut(){
		disableMouseOut = false;
	}
});