function openNewWindow(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures) 
{ 
	newWindow=window.open(URLtoOpen, windowName, windowFeatures); 
}

function checkbrowser(){
//Note: userAgent in FF2.0.0.13 WinXP returns: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.1.13) Gecko/20080311 Firefox/2.0.0.13
	var browserType = navigator.userAgent;
	var mybrowser;
	if (browserType.indexOf("mozilla") != -1){ //test for Firefox/x.x or Firefox x.x (ignoring remaining digits);
		mybrowser = "mozilla";
	}
	else if (browserType.indexOf("MSIE") != -1){ //test for MSIE x.x;
		mybrowser = "MSIE";
	}
	else if (browserType.indexOf("Firefox") != -1){ //test for Firefox x.x;
		mybrowser = "Firefox";
	}
	else if (browserType.indexOf("Safari") != -1){ //test for Safari x.x;
		mybrowser = "Safari";
	}
	else if (browserType.indexOf("Opera") != -1){ //test for Opera x.x;
		mybrowser = "Opera";
	}
	else if (browserType.indexOf("Chrome") != -1){ //test for Chrome x.x;
		mybrowser = "Chrome";
	}
	else
	{
		mybrowser = "n/a";
	}
	return mybrowser;
}