var lvl =new Array();
	var index=0;
	var next_lvl=0;
	reqType=0;
	
    // this function sets the parentid field for the reply form
// when posted back the php code will attach the reply to the proper
// parent record
function setReplyId(replyid)
{

	document.replyform.replyid.value=replyid;
	document.location.href="#commentsform";
	document.replyform.screenname.focus();
}

// this function should flag a comment
// sned data to /core/xmlrpc.php
// need to build function
// parameters to xmlrpc:   /core/xmlrpc.php?req=flagComment&id=1234
// you will need to create a function in /core/xmlrpc.php called flagComment(commentid) and fill in the

function flagComment(commentid)
{
	now =new Date();
	getXmlDocument('req=flagComment&id='+commentid);
	flagspan=document.getElementById('flag'+commentid);
	 if(flagspan) {
                flagspan.innerHTML='Reported';
                flagspan.className="flagged";
                
        }
	//alert('Comment flagged');
}
function textCounter( field, countfield, maxlimit ) {
  if(maxlimit==undefined || maxlimit<=0) return;

  if ( field.value.length > maxlimit )
  {
    field.value = field.value.substring( 0, maxlimit );
    alert( 'Textarea value can only be '+maxlimit+' characters in length.' );
    return false;
  }
  else
  {
    countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
  }
}