// xGetElementById r2, Copyright 2001-2007 Michael Foster (Cross-Browser.com)
// Part of X, a Cross-Browser Javascript Library, Distributed under the terms of the GNU LGPL

function xGetElementById(e)
{
  if(typeof(e)=='string') {
    if(document.getElementById) e=document.getElementById(e);
    else if(document.all) e=document.all[e];
    else e=null;
  }
  return e;
}

function xGetElementsByTagName(t,p)
{
  var list = null;
  t = t || '*';
  p = xGetElementById(p) || document;
  if (typeof p.getElementsByTagName != 'undefined') { // DOM1
    list = p.getElementsByTagName(t);
    if (t=='*' && (!list || !list.length)) list = p.all; // IE5 '*' bug
  }
  else { // IE4 object model
    if (t=='*') list = p.all;
    else if (p.all && p.all.tags) list = p.all.tags(t);
  }
  return list || [];
}