function test()
{
  //var varArray = new Array("new" => "bob");
  //varArray['username']="elissepl";
  //varArray['data']= new Array();
  //  varArray.data['DOB']= new Array();
  //    varArray.data.DOB['day']="22";
  //    varArray.data.DOB['month']="07";
  //    varArray.data.DOB['year']="1983";
  //  varArray.data['gender']="male";
  //  varArray.data['height']= "";
  //  varArray.data['weight']="178lb";
  //alert(generateXML(varArray))
}
function generateXML(arrVar, strName)
{
  var strReturn;
  if (strName==undefined){strName="root"}

  strReturn="<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"ISO-8859-1\"?>\n\n" +
            arr_to_string(arrVar, strName)
  return strReturn
  
  //conversion of an array to xml tagged strings (recursive)
  function arr_to_string(arrVar,strName,intIter)
  {
    var x, strRet;
    if (intIter==undefined){intIter=0}

    if (arrVar.constructor.toString().indexOf("Array")!=-1)
    {
      strRet=str("\t", intIter)+"<"+strName+">\n"
      for (x in arrVar)
      {
        strRet+=arr_to_string(arrVar[x], x, intIter+1)+"\n"
      }
      strRet+=str("\t", intIter)+"</"+strName+">"
      return strRet
    }else
    {
      if (arrVar!="" && arrVar!=undefined)
      {
        return str("\t", intIter)+"<"+strName+">"+arrVar+"</"+strName+">"
      }else
      {
        return str("\t", intIter)+"<"+strName+" />"
      }
    }
  }
  //basic 'generate #of string' function
  function str(varString, varRep)
  {
    var x=0, tmp="";
    while (x<varRep)
    {
      tmp+=varString
      x++
    }
    return tmp
  }
}
function mouseover(name)
{
  document.getElementById(name+"_t").style.backgroundImage="url(../pics/tabs/tab_off_middle_1.JPG)";
  document.getElementById(name+"_t").style.color="white";
  //document.getElementById(name).style.border="3px groove #663300";
}
function mouseout(name)
{
  document.getElementById(name+"_t").style.backgroundImage="url(../pics/tabs/tab_off_middle.JPG)";
  document.getElementById(name+"_t").style.color="black";
  //document.getElementById(name).style.border="3px ridge #663300";
}
function newpage(addr)
{
  addr=addr.replace( new RegExp( "/", "g" ), "%2f" )
  window.location="index.php?pg="+addr;
}
//function onload()
//{
//  i1=1
//  while(document.getElementById("q"+i+".blk"+i1)) //fill in the blank
//  {
//    i1++;
//  }
//}