function setCaretTo(obj, pos) { 
    if(obj.createTextRange) { 
        /* Create a TextRange, set the internal pointer to
           a specified position and show the cursor at this
           position
        */ 
        var range = obj.createTextRange(); 
        range.move("character", pos); 
        range.select(); 
    } else if(obj.selectionStart) { 
        /* Gecko is a little bit shorter on that. Simply
           focus the element and set the selection to a
           specified position
        */ 
        obj.focus(); 
        obj.setSelectionRange(pos, pos); 
    } 
}

function array_key_exists ( key, search ) {
    // http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net
    // +   original by: Kevin van Zonneveld (http://kevin.vanzonneveld.net)
    // +   improved by: Felix Geisendoerfer (http://www.debuggable.com/felix)
    // *     example 1: array_key_exists('kevin', {'kevin': 'van Zonneveld'});
    // *     returns 1: true
 
    // input sanitation
    if (!search || (search.constructor !== Array && search.constructor !== Object)){
        return false;
    }
 
    return key in search;
}

function in_array(item,arr) {
	for (p=0; p<arr.length; p++)
		if (item == arr[p])
			return true;
	return false;
}


Function.prototype.Timer = function (interval, calls, onend) {
  var count = 0;
  var payloadFunction = this;
  var startTime = new Date();
  var callbackFunction = function () {
    return payloadFunction(startTime, count);
  };
  var endFunction = function () {
    if (onend) {
      onend(startTime, count, calls);
    }
  };
  var timerFunction =  function () {
    count++;
    if (count < calls && callbackFunction() != false) {
      window.setTimeout(timerFunction, interval);
    } else {
      endFunction();
    }
  };
  timerFunction();
};

function trim (zeichenkette) {
  return zeichenkette.replace (/^\s+/, '').replace (/\s+$/, '');
}

function popWindow (url, title) {
 fenster = window.open(url, title, "width=1000,height=700,status=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=no");
 fenster.focus();
}