function htmlEncode(source, display, tabs)
{
	function special(source)
	{
		var result = '';
		for (var i = 0; i < source.length; i++)
		{
			var c = source.charAt(i);
			if (c < ' ' || c > '~')
			{
				c = '&#' + c.charCodeAt() + ';';
			}
			result += c;
		}
		return result;
	}
	
	function format(source)
	{
		// Use only integer part of tabs, and default to 4
		tabs = (tabs >= 0) ? Math.floor(tabs) : 4;
		
		// split along line breaks
		var lines = source.split(/\r\n|\r|\n/);
		
		// expand tabs
		for (var i = 0; i < lines.length; i++)
		{
			var line = lines[i];
			var newLine = '';
			for (var p = 0; p < line.length; p++)
			{
				var c = line.charAt(p);
				if (c === '\t')
				{
					var spaces = tabs - (newLine.length % tabs);
					for (var s = 0; s < spaces; s++)
					{
						newLine += ' ';
					}
				}
				else
				{
					newLine += c;
				}
			}
			// If a line starts or ends with a space, it evaporates in html
			// unless it's an nbsp.
			newLine = newLine.replace(/(^ )|( $)/g, '&nbsp;');
			lines[i] = newLine;
		}
		
		// re-join lines
		var result = lines.join('<br />');
		
		// break up contiguous blocks of spaces with non-breaking spaces
		result = result.replace(/  /g, ' &nbsp;');
		
		// tada!
		return result;
	}

	var result = source;
	
	// ampersands (&)
	result = result.replace(/\&/g,'&amp;');

	// less-thans (<)
	result = result.replace(/\</g,'&lt;');

	// greater-thans (>)
	result = result.replace(/\>/g,'&gt;');
	
	if (display)
	{
		// format for display
		result = format(result);
	}
	else
	{
		// Replace quotes if it isn't for display,
		// since it's probably going in an html attribute.
		result = result.replace(new RegExp('"','g'), '&quot;');
	}

	// special characters
	result = special(result);
	
	// tada!
	return result;
}
function NonSearchablesToSpace(source)
// search allowed on alphanumerics * / ' " .
{
	var result = '';
	result = source.replace(/[^a-zA-Z 0-9*\"\'\/\.]+/g,' ');
	return result;
}
function NonAlphaNumericsToSpace(source)
{
	var result = '';
	result = source.replace(/[^a-zA-Z 0-9*]+/g,' ');
	return result;
}
function StripNonAlphaNumerics(source)
{
	var result = '';
	for (var i = 0; i < source.length; i++)
	{
		var c = source.charAt(i);
		// add alphanumeric chars to result
		if ((c >= '0' && c <= '9') || (c >= 'A' && c <= 'Z') || (c >= 'a' && c <= 'z'))
		{
			result += c;
		}
	}
	return result;
}


function leftTrim(sString) 
{
	while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ')
	{
		sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
	}
	return sString;
}

function rightTrim(sString) 
{
	while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ')
	{
		sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
	}
	return sString;
}

function trimAll(sString) 
{
	while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ')
	{
		sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
	}
	while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ')
	{
		sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
	}
	return sString;
}

String.prototype.trim = function() {
return this.replace(/^\s*|\s(?=\s)|\s*$/g, "");
};

