function layoutColumns() {
    if (document.getElementById){
      var menuHeight = document.getElementById('leftMenu').offsetHeight;
      var contentHeight = document.getElementById('contentCol').offsetHeight;
      var solidHeight = document.getElementById('solidDiv').offsetHeight;

      menuNewHeight = contentHeight - solidHeight - 25;
      document.getElementById('leftMenu').style.height=menuNewHeight+"px";
      document.getElementById('solidDiv').style.visibility="visible";
    }
  }


function externalLinks() {
    if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
    var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
    for (var i=0; i<anchors.length; i++) {
      var anchor = anchors[i];
      if (anchor.getAttribute("href") && anchor.getAttribute("rel") == "external") anchor.target = "_blank";
    }
  }

window.onload = externalLinks;


var newWindow = null;

function closeWin(){
    if (newWindow != null){
      if(!newWindow.closed)
      newWindow.close();
    }
  }

function popUpWin(url, type, strWidth, strHeight){
    closeWin();
    if (type == "fullScreen"){
      strWidth = screen.availWidth - 10;
      strHeight = screen.availHeight - 160;
    }

    var tools="";
    if (type == "standard" || type == "fullScreen") tools = "resizable,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,menubar=yes,width="+strWidth+",height="+strHeight+",top=0,left=0";
    if (type == "console") tools = "resizable,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,width="+strWidth+",height="+strHeight+",left=0,top=0";
    newWindow = window.open(url, 'newWin', tools);
    newWindow.focus();
  }