var MSG_EvenArgs = 'The %s function requires an even number of arguments.'
                 + '\nArguments should be in the form "atttributeName","attributeValue",...';
var MSG_SrcRequired = "The %s function requires that a movie src be passed in as one of the arguments.";

function AC_AddExtension(args, paramName, extension)
{
  var currArg, paramVal, queryStr, endStr;
  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){
    currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();    
    if (currArg == paramName.toLowerCase() && args.length > i+1) {
      paramVal = args[i+1];
      queryStr = "";
      var indQueryStr = args[i+1].indexOf('?');
      if (indQueryStr != -1){ paramVal = args[i+1].substring(0, indQueryStr); queryStr = args[i+1].substr(indQueryStr); }
      endStr = "";
      if (paramVal.length > extension.length)
        endStr = paramVal.substr(paramVal.length - extension.length);
      if (endStr.toLowerCase() != extension.toLowerCase()) { args[i+1] = paramVal + extension + queryStr; }
    }
  }
}

function AC_GetCodebase(baseURL, defaultVersion, args)
{
  var codebase = baseURL + defaultVersion;
  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2) {
    currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();    
    if (currArg == "codebase" && args.length > i+1) {
      if (args[i+1].indexOf("http://") == 0) { codebase = args[i+1]; }
      else { codebase = baseURL + args[i+1]; }
    }
  }
	
  return codebase;	
}


function AC_sprintf(str){
  for (var i=1; i < arguments.length; i++){ str = str.replace(/%s/,arguments[i]); }
  return str;
}
		
function AC_checkArgs(args,callingFn){
  var retVal = true;
  if (parseFloat(args.length/2) != parseInt(args.length/2)){ alert(sprintf(MSG_EvenArgs,callingFn)); retVal = false; }
  return retVal;
}
	
function AC_GenerateObj(callingFn, useXHTML, classid, codebase, pluginsPage, mimeType, args){
  if (!AC_checkArgs(args,callingFn))  return;

  var tagStr = '';
  var currArg = '';
  var closer = (useXHTML) ? '/>' : '>';
  var srcFound = false;
  var embedStr = '<embed';
  var paramStr = '';
  var embedNameAttr = '';
  var objStr = '<object classid="' + classid + '" codebase="' + codebase + '"';

  for (var i=0; i < args.length; i=i+2){
    currArg = args[i].toLowerCase();    
    if (currArg == "src"){
      if (callingFn.indexOf("RunSW") != -1){ paramStr += '<param name="' + args[i] + '" value="' + args[i+1] + '"' + closer + '\n'; embedStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; srcFound = true; }
      else if (!srcFound){ paramStr += '<param name="movie" value="' + args[i+1] + '"' + closer + '\n'; embedStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; srcFound = true; }
    }
    else if (currArg == "movie"){
      if (!srcFound){ paramStr += '<param name="' + args[i] + '" value="' + args[i+1] + '"' + closer + '\n'; embedStr += ' src="' + args[i+1] + '"'; srcFound = true; }
    }
    else if (   currArg == "width" || currArg == "height" || currArg == "align" || currArg == "vspace" || currArg == "hspace" || currArg == "class" || currArg == "title" || currArg == "accesskey" || currArg == "tabindex")
	    { objStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"';  embedStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; }
    else if (currArg == "id") { objStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; if (embedNameAttr == "") embedNameAttr = ' name="' + args[i+1] + '"'; }
    else if (currArg == "name"){ objStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; embedNameAttr = ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; }    
    else if (currArg == "codebase"){ }    
    else{ paramStr += '<param name="' + args[i] + '" value="' + args[i+1] + '"' + closer + '\n'; embedStr += ' ' + args[i] + '="' + args[i+1] + '"'; }
  }

  if (!srcFound){ alert(AC_sprintf(MSG_SrcRequired,callingFn));  return; }

  if (embedNameAttr) embedStr += embedNameAttr;
  if (pluginsPage) embedStr += ' pluginspage="' + pluginsPage + '"';
  if (mimeType) embedStr += ' type="' + mimeType + '"';
    
  objStr += '>\n';
  embedStr += '></embed>\n'; 
  tagStr = objStr + paramStr + embedStr + "</object>\n"; 
  document.write(tagStr);
}