function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
/*
* The input parameters are: the field name;
* field that holds the number of characters remaining;
* the max. numb. of charac ters.
*/ 
if (field.value.length > maxlimit) // if the current length is more than allowed
field.value =field.value.substring(0, maxlimit); // don't allow further input
else
countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;} // set the display field to remaining number
function NewWindow(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll) {
var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2;
var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2;
winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
win = window.open(mypage, myname, winprops)
if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) { win.window.focus(); }
}

function FP_preloadImgs() {//v1.0
 var d=document,a=arguments; if(!d.FP_imgs) d.FP_imgs=new Array();
 for(var i=0; i<a.length; i++) { d.FP_imgs[i]=new Image; d.FP_imgs[i].src=a[i]; }
}

function FP_swapImg() {//v1.0
 var doc=document,args=arguments,elm,n; doc.$imgSwaps=new Array(); for(n=2; n<args.length;
 n+=2) { elm=FP_getObjectByID(args[n]); if(elm) { doc.$imgSwaps[doc.$imgSwaps.length]=elm;
 elm.$src=elm.src; elm.src=args[n+1]; } }
}

function FP_getObjectByID(id,o) {//v1.0
 var c,el,els,f,m,n; if(!o)o=document; if(o.getElementById) el=o.getElementById(id);
 else if(o.layers) c=o.layers; else if(o.all) el=o.all[id]; if(el) return el;
 if(o.id==id || o.name==id) return o; if(o.childNodes) c=o.childNodes; if(c)
 for(n=0; n<c.length; n++) { el=FP_getObjectByID(id,c[n]); if(el) return el; }
 f=o.forms; if(f) for(n=0; n<f.length; n++) { els=f[n].elements;
 for(m=0; m<els.length; m++){ el=FP_getObjectByID(id,els[n]); if(el) return el; } }
 return null;
}
function temps() {
var day="";
var month="";
var myweekday="";
var year="";
newdate = new Date();
mydate = new Date();
dston =  new Date('April 4, 2007 2:59:59');
dstoff = new Date('october 31, 2007 2:59:59');
var myzone = newdate.getTimezoneOffset();
newtime=newdate.getTime();

var zone = 5;  // references your time zone

if (newdate > dston && newdate < dstoff ) {
zonea = zone - 1 ;
dst = "  Atlantic East Savings Time";
}
else {
zonea = zone ; dst = "  Atlantic East Standard Time";
}
var newzone = (zonea*60*60*1000);
newtimea = newtime+(myzone*60*1000)-newzone;
mydate.setTime(newtimea);
myday = mydate.getDay();
mymonth = mydate.getMonth();
myweekday= mydate.getDate();
myyear= mydate.getYear();
year = myyear;

if (year < 2000)    // Y2K Fix, Isaac Powell
year = year + 1900; // http://onyx.idbsu.edu/~ipowell
myhours = mydate.getHours();
if (myhours >= 12) {
myhours = (myhours == 12) ? 12 : myhours - 12; mm = " PM";
}
else {
myhours = (myhours == 0) ? 12 : myhours; mm = " AM";
}
myminutes = mydate.getMinutes();
if (myminutes < 10){
mytime = ":0" + myminutes;
}
else {
mytime = ":" + myminutes;
};
arday = new Array("Dimanche","Lundi","Mardi","Mercredi","Jeudi","Vendredi","Samedi")
armonth = new Array("Janvier","Février","Mars","Avril","Mai","Juin","Juillet","Août","Septembre", "Octobre","Novembre","Décembre")
ardate = new Array("0 ","1er","2 ","3 ","4 ","5 ","6 ","7 ","8 ","9 ","10 ","11 ","12 ","13 ","14 ","15 ","16 ","17 ","18 ","19 ","20 ","21 ","22 ","23 ","24 ","25 ","26 ","27 ","28 ","29 ","30 ","31 ");
// rename locale as needed.

var time = ("Le "+ardate[myweekday]+" " + armonth[mymonth] + ", " + year);
document.write(time);
}
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