function AutoSuggest(elem, suggestions)
{

	//The 'me' variable allow you to access the AutoSuggest object
	//from the elem's event handlers defined below.
	var me = this;

	//A reference to the element we're binding the list to.
	this.elem = elem;

	this.suggestions = suggestions;

	//Arrow to store a subset of eligible suggestions that match the user's input
	this.eligible = new Array();

	//The text input by the user.
	this.inputText = null;

	//A pointer to the index of the highlighted eligible item. -1 means nothing highlighted.
	this.highlighted = -1;

	//A div to use to create the dropdown.
	this.div = document.getElementById("autosuggest");


	//Do you want to remember what keycode means what? Me neither.
                   var ENTER = 13;
                  var SHIFT = 16;
	var TAB = 9;
	var ESC = 27;
	var KEYUP = 38;
	var KEYDN = 40;
	this.lInstr=true;
	this.nMatch=5;
	this.lHighlight=true;

	//The browsers' own autocomplete feature can be problematic, since it will 
	//be making suggestions from the users' past input.
	//Setting this attribute should turn it off.
	elem.setAttribute("autocomplete","off");

	//We need to be able to reference the elem by id. If it doesn't have an id, set one.
	if(!elem.id)
	{
		var id = "autosuggest" + idCounter;
		idCounter++;

		elem.id = id;
	}


	/********************************************************
	onkeydown event handler for the input elem.
	Tab key = use the highlighted suggestion, if there is one.
	Esc key = get rid of the autosuggest dropdown
	Up/down arrows = Move the highlight up and down in the suggestions.
	********************************************************/
	elem.onkeydown = function(ev)
	{
		var key = me.getKeyCode(ev);

		switch(key)
		{
			case TAB:
			me.useSuggestion();
			break;
			case ENTER:
			me.useSuggestion();
			break;

			case ESC:
			me.hideDiv();
			break;

			case KEYUP:
			if (me.highlighted > 0)
			{
				me.highlighted--;
			}
			me.changeHighlight(key);
			break;

			case KEYDN:
			if (me.highlighted < (me.eligible.length - 1))
			{
				me.highlighted++;
			}
			me.changeHighlight(key);
			break;
		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	onkeyup handler for the elem
	If the text is of sufficient length, and has been changed, 
	then display a list of eligible suggestions.
	********************************************************/
	elem.onkeyup = function(ev) 
	{
		var key = me.getKeyCode(ev);
		switch(key)
		{
		//The control keys were already handled by onkeydown, so do nothing.
		case SHIFT:
		case ENTER:
		case TAB:
		case ESC:
		case KEYUP:
		case KEYDN:
			return;
		default:

			if (this.value != me.inputText && this.value.length > 0)
			{
				me.inputText = this.value;
				me.getEligible();
				me.createDiv();
				me.positionDiv();
				me.showDiv();
			}
			else
			{
				me.hideDiv();
			}
		}
	};


	/********************************************************
	Insert the highlighted suggestion into the input box, and 
	remove the suggestion dropdown.
	********************************************************/
	this.useSuggestion = function()
	{
		if (this.highlighted > -1)
		{
			this.elem.value = this.eligible[this.highlighted];
			this.hideDiv();
			//It's impossible to cancel the Tab key's default behavior. 
			//So this undoes it by moving the focus back to our field right after
			//the event completes.
			setTimeout("document.getElementById('" + this.elem.id + "').focus()",0);
			validate(this.elem)

		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	Display the dropdown. Pretty straightforward.
	********************************************************/
	this.showDiv = function()
	{
		this.div.style.display = 'block';
	};

	/********************************************************
	Hide the dropdown and clear any highlight.
	********************************************************/
	this.hideDiv = function()
	{
		this.div.style.display = 'none';
		this.highlighted = -1;
	};

	/********************************************************
	Modify the HTML in the dropdown to move the highlight.
	********************************************************/
	this.changeHighlight = function()
	{
		var lis = this.div.getElementsByTagName('LI');
		for (i in lis)
		{
			var li = lis[i];

			if (this.highlighted == i)
			{
				li.className = "selected";
			}
			else
			{
				li.className = "";
			}
		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	Position the dropdown div below the input text field.
	********************************************************/

this.xpositionDiv=function()
{
e=this.elem
//e = (e) ? e : window.event;
    var element = (e.target) ? e.target: e.srcElement;
    var left = element.offsetLeft;
    var top  = element.offsetTop;
    while(element=element.offsetParent)
    {
        left += element.offsetLeft;
        top  += element.offsetTop;
    }
this.div.style.left = left + 'px';
		this.div.style.top = top + 'px';

}


	this.positionDiv = function()
	{
		var el = this.elem;
		var x = 0;
		var y = el.offsetHeight;
	
		//Walk up the DOM and add up all of the offset positions.
		while (el.tagName.toUpperCase() != 'BODY')   // el.offsetParent  && el.tagName.toUpperCase() != 'BODY'
		{
			x += el.offsetLeft;
			y += el.offsetTop;
			el = el.offsetParent;
		}

		x += el.offsetLeft;
		y += el.offsetTop;

		this.div.style.left = x + 'px';
		this.div.style.top = y + 'px';

	};

	/********************************************************
	Build the HTML for the dropdown div
	********************************************************/
	this.createDiv = function()
	{
		var ul = document.createElement('ul');
		word=this.eligible[1];
	
		//Create an array of LI's for the words.
		for (i in this.eligible)
		{
			var word = this.eligible[i];
	
			var li = document.createElement('li');
			var a = document.createElement('a');
			a.href="javascript:false";
			if(this.lHighlight==true){
				var regexp=eval("/"+this.inputText+"/i")
				var replacestr="<b>"+this.inputText+"</b>"
				var resultstr=word.replace(regexp,replacestr)
				a.innerHTML=resultstr
			}
			else {
				a.innerHTML = word;
			}


		li.appendChild(a);
	
			if (me.highlighted == i)
			{
				li.className = "selected";
			}
	
			ul.appendChild(li);
		}
	
		this.div.replaceChild(ul,this.div.childNodes[0]);
	

		/********************************************************
		mouseover handler for the dropdown ul
		move the highlighted suggestion with the mouse
		********************************************************/
		ul.onmouseover = function(ev)
		{
			//Walk up from target until you find the LI.
			var target = me.getEventSource(ev);
			while (target.parentNode && target.tagName.toUpperCase() != 'LI')
			{
				target = target.parentNode;
			}
		
			var lis = me.div.getElementsByTagName('LI');
			
	
			for (i in lis)
			{
				var li = lis[i];
				if(li == target)
				{
					me.highlighted = i;
					break;
				}
			}
			me.changeHighlight();
		};

		/********************************************************
		click handler for the dropdown ul
		insert the clicked suggestion into the input
		********************************************************/
		ul.onclick = function(ev)
		{
			me.useSuggestion();
			me.hideDiv();
			me.cancelEvent(ev);
			return false;
		};
	
		this.div.className="suggestion_list";
		this.div.style.position = 'absolute';

	};

	/********************************************************
	determine which of the suggestions matches the input
	********************************************************/
	this.getEligible = function()
	{
		var nCount=0;
		this.eligible = new Array();
		
		for (i in this.suggestions) 
		{
			var suggestion = this.suggestions[i];

			if(this.lInstr==true){			
				if(suggestion.toLowerCase().match(this.inputText.toLowerCase()) == this.inputText.toLowerCase())			
				{
                                                                                             if(nCount<this.nMatch){
					this.eligible[this.eligible.length]=suggestion;
                                                                                             }
                                                                                           nCount++
				}
			}
			else {
				if(suggestion.toLowerCase().indexOf(this.inputText.toLowerCase()) == "0")
				{
                                                                                             if(nCount<this.nMatch){
					this.eligible[this.eligible.length]=suggestion;
                                                                                             }
                                                                                             nCount++
				}
                                                        }
		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	Helper function to determine the keycode pressed in a 
	browser-independent manner.
	********************************************************/
	this.getKeyCode = function(ev)
	{
		if(ev)			//Moz
		{
			return ev.keyCode;
		}
		if(window.event)	//IE
		{
			return window.event.keyCode;
		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	Helper function to determine the event source element in a 
	browser-independent manner.
	********************************************************/
	this.getEventSource = function(ev)
	{
		if(ev)			//Moz
		{
			return ev.target;
		}
	
		if(window.event)	//IE
		{
			return window.event.srcElement;
		}
	};

	/********************************************************
	Helper function to cancel an event in a 
	browser-independent manner.
	(Returning false helps too).
	********************************************************/
	this.cancelEvent = function(ev)
	{
		if(ev)			//Moz
		{
			ev.preventDefault();
			ev.stopPropagation();
		}
		if(window.event)	//IE
		{
			window.event.returnValue = false;
		}
	}
}

//counter to help create unique ID's
var idCounter = 0;