function formatValue(value)
{
value = value.replace(/(&lt;)/g, "<");
value = value.replace(/(&gt;)/g, ">");
value = value.replace(/(&amp;)/g, "&");
value = value.replace(/(quot;)/g, "\"");
						
return value;
}

function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
			var classElements = new Array();
			if ( node == null )
			node = document;
			if ( tag == null )
			tag = '*';
			var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
			var elsLen = els.length;
			var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\\\s|$)");
				for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
				if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
				classElements[j] = els[i];
				j++;
			}
			}
			return classElements;
			}