function startSearch()
{

        if (document.search.term.value.length <= 2)
         {
         alert('\nSuchbegriff muss mindestens 3 Zeichen lang sein');
         document.search.term.focus();
         }
        else
        {
        document.search.method = "get";
        document.search.action = "search_index.php";
        document.search.submit();
        }

}

function popUpScrollable(URL,WIDTH,HEIGHT) 
{
	day = new Date();
	id = day.getTime();
	eval("Help" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width= " + WIDTH + ",height= " + HEIGHT + ",left = 350,top = 200');");
}

function popUpNonScrollable(URL,WIDTH,HEIGHT) 
{
	day = new Date();
	id = day.getTime();
	eval("Help" + id + " = window.open(URL, '" + id + "', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=0,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=0,width= " + WIDTH + ",height= " + HEIGHT + "');");
}