function _showProgressBox(offsetX, offsetY) {
//    alert('_showProgressBox');
    //if (navigator.appVersion.match("IE") ){
    var formbox = document.getElementById("formbox");
//    alert('formbox = ' +formbox);
//    formbox.parentNode.parentNode.style.filter = "Alpha(opacity=25), gray()";
//    formbox.style.MozOpacity = "0.25";
//    formbox.style.opacity = "0.25";
    var progressbox = document.getElementById("progressbox");
//    alert('progressbox = ' +progressbox);
//    alert('document.body.scrollTop = ' +document.body.scrollTop );
//    alert('document.body.clientHeight = ' +document.body.clientHeight );
//    alert('offsetY = ' +offsetY );
//    alert('offsetX==undefined = ' +offsetX==undefined );
    progressbox.style.top = document.body.scrollTop + document.body.clientHeight / 2 - 100 + (offsetY==undefined?0:offsetY);
    progressbox.style.left = document.body.offsetWidth / 2 - 250 +(offsetX==undefined?0:offsetX);
    progressbox.style.visibility = 'visible';
    _showhideAllSelects(formbox, 'hidden');
/*
    for(var i=0; i<1000;){
        var a = i;
        var b =a;
        b++;
        i=b;
    }
*/
//    if (navigator.appVersion.match("IE")) event.returnValue = false;
//    return false;
    return true;
    //    }
}

function _hideProgressBox() {
    var formbox = document.getElementById("formbox");
    formbox.parentNode.parentNode.style.filter = "";
    formbox.style.MozOpacity = "1";
    formbox.style.opacity = "1";
    var progressbox = document.getElementById("progressbox");
    progressbox.style.visibility = 'hidden';
    _showhideAllSelects(formbox, 'visible');
    if (navigator.appVersion.match("IE")) event.returnValue = false;
    return false;
}

function _showhideAllSelects(fromNode, visibility) {
    var aSel = fromNode.getElementsByTagName("SELECT");
    for (var i = 0; i < aSel.length; i++)
        aSel[i].style.visibility = visibility;
}