function trim(inputString) { // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input. if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; } var retValue = inputString; var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1); while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length); ch = retValue.substring(0, 1); }; ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length); while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1); ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length); }; while (retValue.indexOf(" ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf(" ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf(" ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings }; return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user } // Ends the "trim" function //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function statusSetter(prompt) { window.defaultStatus = ""; window.status = prompt; } //---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- function openFAQWindow(DbPath, depts){ //формируем новый URL location_string = DbPath + "/fa_WebQuestion?OpenForm&depts=" + depts //открываем новое окно window.open(location_string, 'FAQ_window', 'scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes, width=600, height=500, left=200, top=150') //window.open(location_string) };