/*$RCSfile: dynamic-text.js,v $$Revision: 1.1 $$Date: 2005-08-18 15:25:05 $*/

/**
 * Updates the element with id "id" to contain "text".
 */

function display_status(id, text)
{
    var elt = document.getElementById(id);
    if (typeof elt.innerHTML != "undefined") {
	elt.innerHTML = text;
    } else {
        var range = document.createRange();
	if (range) {
	    range.setStartBefore(elt);
	    var new_html = range.createContextualFragment(text);
	    while (elt.hasChildNodes()) {
	        elt.removeChild(elt.lastChild);
	    }
	    elt.appendChild(new_html);
	} else {
	    // this browser not handled
	}
    }
}