var ns6=document.getElementById&&!document.all

function restrictinput(maxlength,e,placeholder){
if (window.event&&event.srcElement.value.length>=maxlength)
return false
else if (e.target&&e.target==eval(placeholder)&&e.target.value.length>=maxlength){
var pressedkey=/[a-zA-Z0-9\.\,\/]/ //detect alphanumeric keys
if (pressedkey.test(String.fromCharCode(e.which)))
e.stopPropagation()
}
}

function countlimit(maxlength,e,placeholder){
var theform=eval(placeholder)
var lengthleft=maxlength-theform.value.length
var placeholderobj=document.all? document.all[placeholder] : document.getElementById(placeholder)
if (window.event||e.target&&e.target==eval(placeholder)){
if (lengthleft<0)
theform.value=theform.value.substring(0,maxlength)
placeholderobj.innerHTML=FormatNumber(String(lengthleft))
}
}


function displaylimit(thename, theid, thelimit){
var theform=theid!=""? document.getElementById(theid) : thename
var limit_text='<b><span id="'+theform.toString()+'">'+FormatNumber(String(thelimit))+'</span></b> characters remaining for your comments.'
if (document.all||ns6)
document.write(limit_text)
if (document.all){
eval(theform).onkeypress=function(){ return restrictinput(thelimit,event,theform)}
eval(theform).onkeyup=function(){ countlimit(thelimit,event,theform)}
}
else if (ns6){
document.body.addEventListener('keypress', function(event) { restrictinput(thelimit,event,theform) }, true);
document.body.addEventListener('keyup', function(event) { countlimit(thelimit,event,theform) }, true);
}
}

function FormatNumber(nStr) {
	  nStr += ''; 
      x = nStr.split('.'); 
      x1 = x[0]; 
      x2 = x.length > 1 ? '.' + x[1] : ''; 
      var rgx = /(\d+)(\d{3})/; 
      while (rgx.test(x1)) {
           x1 = x1.replace(rgx, '$1' + ',' + '$2');
      }
      return x1 + x2;
}