// Place your application-specific JavaScript functions and classes here
// This file is automatically included by javascript_include_tag :defaults

maxL=140;
var bName = navigator.appName;
function taLimit(taObj) {
	if (taObj.value.length==maxL) return false;
	return true;
}

function taCount(taObj,Cnt) { 
	objCnt=createObject(Cnt);
	objVal=taObj.value;
	if (objVal.length>maxL) objVal=objVal.substring(0,maxL);
	if (objCnt) {
		if(bName == "Netscape"){	
			objCnt.textContent=maxL-objVal.length;}
		else{objCnt.innerText=maxL-objVal.length;}
	}
	return true;
}
function createObject(objId) {
	if (document.getElementById) return document.getElementById(objId);
	else if (document.layers) return eval("document." + objId);
	else if (document.all) return eval("document.all." + objId);
	else return eval("document." + objId);
}

function addLink(text)
{
var TheTextBox = document.getElementById("chat_input");
TheTextBox.value = '@' + text + ' ' + TheTextBox.value;
    
// var textarea = document.getElementById("status_input_box");
// textarea.innerHTML += link;
}