var myDom = new openDom();
var SelItem;
function setSelItem ( )
{
  var o = myDom.getElementById(SelItem);
  if( o )
  {
    o.className = "tab-on";    
  }
} 

var gMaxX=0;
var gMaxY=0;
var gXorY = 'X';
function setMaxes( maxX, maxY )
{
  gMaxX=maxX;
  gMaxY=maxY;
  charLimits();
}
function setOrientation( XorY )
{
  gXorY = XorY;
  charLimits();
}

function charLimits()
{
  var maxChars;
  if( gXorY == 'X' )
    maxChars = gMaxX;
  else
    maxChars = gMaxY;
  // get all text entry boxes on form
  var ary = document.getElementsByTagName("input");
  for( var i=0; i<ary.length; i++ )
  {
    if( ary[i].type=="text" && ary[i].className=="customTextBox" )
    {
      ary[i].size = maxChars;
      ary[i].maxLength = maxChars;
    }
  }
  ary = document.getElementsByTagName("span");
  for( var i=0; i<ary.length; i++ )
  {
    if( ary[i].className=="maxLen" )
    {
      ary[i].innerHTML = maxChars;
    }
  }
  
}