var ts = "<table class=\"ContentTable\" width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">";				//table start
var te = "</table>";												//table end
var ls = "<label class=\"ContentLabel\">";				//label start
var le = "</label>";												//label end
var rs = "<tr>";														// row start
var re = "</tr>";													//row end
var cs = "<td width=\"*width*\">";								//cell start
var ce = "</td>";													//cell end
var hs = "<div class=\"ContentHeader\">";				// header start
var de = "</div>";													// div end
var fs = "<input id=\"*ID*\" name=\"*name*\" value=\"*value*\" class=\"textInput\">";	// standard field
var sp = "&nbsp;";												// a space
var mand = "<em>*</em>";								//mandatory field indicator

function generateFieldString (fId, fName, fValue)
{
	fieldHTML = fs.replace ("*name*", fName);
	fieldHTML = fieldHTML.replace ("*ID*", fId);
	fieldHTML = fieldHTML.replace ("*value*", fValue);
	return fieldHTML;
}

/*Create a string with the start of a html tag*/
function htmlStartTag (tagType, classString, widthString, idString)
{

	var idHTML = "";
	var classHTML = "";
	var widthHTML = "";
	var additionalHTML = "";
	if (tagType.toLowerCase == "table")
	{
		additionalHTML = " cellpadding='0' cellspacing='0'";
	}
	
	if (idString != "")
	{
		idHTML = " id=\"" + idString + "\"";
	}
	
	if (classString != "")
	{
		classHTML = " class=\"" + classString + "\"";
	}
	
	if (widthString != "")
	{
		widthHTML = " width=\"" + widthString + "\"";
	}
	
	return "<" + tagType + idHTML + classHTML + widthHTML + additionalHTML + " >";
}