/* DWRUtil.selectPop
added by Russ Michaels
Populate a select list with an object of arrays returned by AjaxCFC
e.g.
r.id[0] = 1
r.name[0] = 'Russ'

arguments:-
list  : name of select list to populate
obj   : object containing array
text  : item to be used for option text
value  : item to be used for option value
defaultTop : default value to be inserted at top of list
overwrite : boolean, whetehr or not to overwrite existing list
Synjtax:-
DWRUtil.selectPop('customers', r, 'id','name',['select one'], [true])
*/
DWRUtil.selectPop = function(list, obj, text, value, defaultTop, overwrite) {
 if(overwrite) $(list).options.length = 0;
 //insert a default top item in the list such as **please select**, its value will be 0
 if(defaultTop)
  $(list).options[0] = new Option(defaultTop, 0);
  for(x=0;x<obj[text].length;x++)
   {
   $(list).options[$(list).options.length] = new Option(obj[text][x], obj[value][x]);
   }
};

selectOption = function (list,searchstr)
 {
 //looks for a specific option value in a select list, if it is there, sets it to SELECTED
 
 for(a=0;a<list.length;a++)
  {
  if(list.options[a].value == searchstr)
   {
   list.options[a].selected = true;
   }
  }
 }

getSelected = function (ele)
{

//get the currently selected item in a SELECT list. if multiple options selected, return as an array
 element = $(ele);
 selectedArray = new Array();
 for(x=0;x<element.options.length;x++)
  {
   if(element.options[x].selected)
    selectedArray[selectedArray.length] = element.options[x].value;
  }
 
 if(selectedArray.length == 1)
  return selectedArray[0];
 else
  return selectedArray;

}
getSelectedText = function (ele)
{

//gets the text of selected options
 element = $(ele);
 selectedArray = new Array();
 for(x=0;x<element.options.length;x++)
  {
   if(element.options[x].selected)
    selectedArray[selectedArray.length] = element.options[x].text;
  }
 
 if(selectedArray.length == 1)
  return selectedArray[0];
 else
  return selectedArray;

}