<!-- Original:  Anand Raman (anand_raman@poboxes.com) -->
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function SelObj(formname,selname,textname,str) {
this.formname = formname;
this.selname = selname;
this.textname = textname;
this.select_str = str || '';
this.selectArr = new Array();
this.initialize = initialize;
this.bldInitial = bldInitial;
this.bldUpdate = bldUpdate;
}

function initialize() {
if (this.select_str =='') {
for(var i=0;i<document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options.length;i++) {
this.selectArr[i] = document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[i];
this.select_str += document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[i].value+":"+
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[i].text+",";
   }
}
else {
var tempArr = this.select_str.split(',');
for(var i=0;i<tempArr.length;i++) {
var prop = tempArr[i].split(':');
this.selectArr[i] = new Option(prop[1],prop[0]);
   }
}
return;
}
function bldInitial() {
this.initialize();
for(var i=0;i<this.selectArr.length;i++)
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[i] = this.selectArr[i];
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options.length = this.selectArr.length;
return;
}

function bldUpdate() {
var str = document.forms[this.formname][this.textname].value.replace('^\\s*','');
if(str == '') {this.bldInitial();return;}
this.initialize();
var j = 0;
pattern1 = new RegExp("^"+str,"i");
for(var i=0;i<this.selectArr.length;i++)
if(pattern1.test(this.selectArr[i].text)) 
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[j++] = this.selectArr[i];
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options.length = j;
if(j==1){
document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[0].selected = true;
//document.forms[this.formname][this.textname].value = document.forms[this.formname][this.selname].options[0].text;
   }
}