we're using to display the lookup results, and create the

if it doesn't already exist. */ function getDiv (divID) { if (!globalDiv) { // if the div doesn't exist on the page already, create it if (!document.getElementById(divID)) { var newNode = document.createElement("div"); newNode.setAttribute("id", divID); document.body.appendChild(newNode); } // set the globalDiv reference globalDiv = document.getElementById(divID); // figure out where the top corner of the div should be, based on the // bottom left corner of the input field var x = queryField.offsetLeft; var y = queryField.offsetTop + queryField.offsetHeight; var parent = queryField; while (parent.offsetParent) { parent = parent.offsetParent; x += parent.offsetLeft; y += parent.offsetTop; } // add some formatting to the div, if we haven't already if (!divFormatted) { globalDiv.style.backgroundColor = DIV_BG_COLOR; globalDiv.style.fontFamily = "Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"; globalDiv.style.padding = "4px"; globalDiv.style.border = "1px solid black"; globalDiv.style.fontSize = "75%"; globalDiv.style.position = "absolute"; globalDiv.style.left = x + "px"; globalDiv.style.top = y + "px"; globalDiv.style.visibility = "hidden"; globalDiv.style.zIndex = 10000; divFormatted = true; } } return globalDiv; } /** This is the function that should be returned by the XMLHTTP call. It will format and display the lookup results. */ function showQueryDiv (queryString, resultArray1, resultArray2) { var div = getDiv(divName); // remove any results that are already there while (div.childNodes.length > 0) div.removeChild(div.childNodes[0]); // add an entry for each of the results in the resultArray for (var i = 0; i < resultArray1.length; i++) { // each result will be contained within its own div var result = document.createElement("div"); result.style.cursor = "pointer"; result.style.borderBottom = "1px solid #777777"; result.style.padding = "3px 0px 3px 0px"; _unhighlightResult(result); result.onmousedown = selectResult; result.onmouseover = highlightResult; result.onmouseout = unhighlightResult; var result1 = document.createElement("span"); result1.className = "result1"; result1.style.textAlign = "left"; result1.style.fontWeight = "bold"; result1.innerHTML = resultArray1[i]; //alert(resultArray1[i]); var result2 = document.createElement("span"); result2.className = "result2"; result2.style.textAlign = "right"; result2.style.paddingLeft = "20px"; result2.innerHTML = resultArray2[i]; result.appendChild(result1); result.appendChild(result2); div.appendChild(result); } // if this resultset isn't already in our cache, add it var isCached = cache[queryString]; if (!isCached) addToCache(queryString, resultArray1, resultArray2); // display the div if we had at least one result showDiv(resultArray1.length > 0); } /** This is called whenever the user clicks one of the lookup results. It puts the value of the result in the queryField and hides the lookup div. */ function selectResult() { _selectResult(this); } /** This actually fills the field with the selected result and hides the div */ function _selectResult(item) { var spans = item.getElementsByTagName("span"); if (spans) { for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) { if (spans[i].className == "result1") { queryField.value = spans[i].innerHTML; lastVal = val = escape(queryField.value); searching = false; mainLoop(); queryField.focus(); showDiv(false); return; } } } } /** This is called when a user mouses over a lookup result */ function highlightResult() { _highlightResult(this); } /** This actually highlights the selected result */ function _highlightResult(item) { item.style.backgroundColor = DIV_HIGHLIGHT_COLOR; } /** This is called when a user mouses away from a lookup result */ function unhighlightResult() { _unhighlightResult(this); } /** This actually unhighlights the selected result */ function _unhighlightResult(item) { item.style.backgroundColor = DIV_BG_COLOR; } /** This either shows or hides the lookup div, depending on the value of the "show" parameter. */ function showDiv (show) { var div = getDiv(divName); if (show) div.style.visibility = "visible"; else div.style.visibility = "hidden"; adjustiFrame(); } /** We originally used showDiv as the function that was called by the onBlur event of the field, but it turns out that Firefox will pass an event as the first parameter of the function, which would cause the div to always be visible. So onBlur now calls hideDiv instead. */ function hideDiv () { showDiv(false); } /** Use an "iFrame shim" to deal with problems where the lookup div shows up behind selection list elements, if they're below the queryField. The problem and solution are described at: http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jking/archive/2003/07/21/488.aspx http://dotnetjunkies.com/WebLog/jking/archive/2003/10/30/2975.aspx */ function adjustiFrame() { if (!document.getElementById(ifName)) { var newNode = document.createElement("iFrame"); newNode.setAttribute("id", ifName); newNode.setAttribute("src", "javascript:false;"); newNode.setAttribute("scrolling", "no"); newNode.setAttribute("frameborder", "0"); document.body.appendChild(newNode); } iFrameDiv = document.getElementById(ifName); var div = getDiv(divName); try { iFrameDiv.style.position = "absolute"; iFrameDiv.style.width = div.offsetWidth; iFrameDiv.style.height = div.offsetHeight; iFrameDiv.style.top = div.style.top; iFrameDiv.style.left = div.style.left; iFrameDiv.style.zIndex = div.style.zIndex - 1; iFrameDiv.style.visibility = div.style.visibility; } catch(e) { } } /** This sets up the XMLHTTP object we're using for the dynamic lookups. */ function getXMLHTTP(){ var A = null; try{ A = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }catch(e){ try{ A = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch(oc){ A = null; } } if(!A && typeof XMLHttpRequest != "undefined") { A = new XMLHttpRequest(); } return A; } /** This actually sends the lookup request (as a URL with a query string) to a server in the background. When a response comes back from the server, the function attached to the onReadyStateChange event is fired off. */ function doRemoteQuery (queryString) { searching = true; if(xmlHttp && xmlHttp.readyState != 0) { xmlHttp.abort() } xmlHttp=getXMLHTTP(); if(xmlHttp){ xmlHttp.open("GET", lookupURL + queryString, true); // What do we do when the response comes back? xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4 && xmlHttp.responseText ) { eval(xmlHttp.responseText); searching = false; } } ; xmlHttp.send(null); } } /** This is the key handler function, for when a user presses the up arrow, down arrow, tab key, or enter key from the input field. */ function keypressHandler (evt) { // don't do anything if the div is hidden var div = getDiv(divName); if (div.style.visibility == "hidden") return true; // make sure we have a valid event variable if(!evt && window.event) { evt = window.event; } var key = evt.keyCode; // if this key isn't one of the ones we care about, just return var KEYUP = 38; var KEYDOWN = 40; var KEYENTER = 13; var KEYTAB = 9; if ((key != KEYUP) && (key != KEYDOWN) && (key != KEYENTER) && (key != KEYTAB)) return true; // get the span that's currently selected, and perform an appropriate action var selNum = getSelectedSpanNum(div); var selSpan = setSelectedSpan(div, selNum); if ((key == KEYENTER) || (key == KEYTAB)) { if (selSpan) _selectResult(selSpan); evt.cancelBubble=true; return false; } else { if (key == KEYUP) selSpan = setSelectedSpan(div, selNum - 1); if (key == KEYDOWN) selSpan = setSelectedSpan(div, selNum + 1); if (selSpan) _highlightResult(selSpan); } showDiv(true); return true; } /** Get the number of the result that's currently selected/highlighted (the first result is 0, the second is 1, etc.) */ function getSelectedSpanNum (div) { var count = -1; var spans = div.getElementsByTagName("div"); if (spans) { for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) { count++; if (spans[i].style.backgroundColor != div.style.backgroundColor) return count; } } return -1; } /** Select/highlight the result at the given position */ function setSelectedSpan (div, spanNum) { var count = -1; var thisSpan; var spans = div.getElementsByTagName("div"); if (spans) { for (var i = 0; i < spans.length; i++) { if (++count == spanNum) { _highlightResult(spans[i]); thisSpan = spans[i]; } else { _unhighlightResult(spans[i]); } } } return thisSpan; }