function gotoPage(url)
  {
  return window.location=url;
  }

function getEl(theid)
  {
  return document.getElementById(theid);
  }

function focusElem(theid)
  {
  return getEl(theid).focus();
  }


function json2obj(json_string) {
    var json_data_object = eval("(" + json_string + ")");
    return json_data_object;
    }

/**
 * Converts the given data structure to a JSON string.
 * Argument: arr - The data structure that must be converted to JSON
 * Example: var json_string = array2json(['e', {pluribus: 'unum'}]);
 * 			var json = array2json({"success":"Sweet","failure":false,"empty_array":[],"numbers":[1,2,3],"info":{"name":"Binny","site":"http:\/\/www.openjs.com\/"}});
 * http://www.openjs.com/scripts/data/json_encode.php
 */
function array2json(arr) {
    var parts = [];
    var is_list = (Object.prototype.toString.apply(arr) === '[object Array]');

    for(var key in arr) {
    	var value = arr[key];
        if(typeof value == "object") { //Custom handling for arrays
            if(is_list) parts.push(array2json(value)); /* :RECURSION: */
            else parts[key] = array2json(value); /* :RECURSION: */
        } else {
            var str = "";
            if(!is_list) str = '"' + key + '":';

            //Custom handling for multiple data types
            if(typeof value == "number") str += value; //Numbers
            else if(value === false) str += 'false'; //The booleans
            else if(value === true) str += 'true';
            else str += '"' + value + '"'; //All other things
            // :TODO: Is there any more datatype we should be in the lookout for? (Functions?)

            parts.push(str);
        }
    }
    var json = parts.join(",");
    
    if(is_list) return '[' + json + ']';//Return numerical JSON
    return '{' + json + '}';//Return associative JSON
}