var marked_row = new Array;
function highlight_row(theRow, theRowNum, theAction, theDefaultColor, thePointerColor) {
    var theCells = null;
    if ((thePointerColor == '')
        || typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined') {
        return false;
    }
    if (typeof(document.getElementsByTagName) != 'undefined') {
        theCells = theRow.getElementsByTagName('td');
    }
    else if (typeof(theRow.cells) != 'undefined') {
        theCells = theRow.cells;
    }
    else {
        return false;
    }
    var rowCellsCnt  = theCells.length;
    var domDetect    = null;
    var currentColor = null;
    var newColor     = null;
    if (typeof(window.opera) == 'undefined'
        && typeof(theCells[0].getAttribute) != 'undefined') {
        currentColor = theCells[0].getAttribute('bgcolor');
        domDetect    = true;
    }
    else {
        currentColor = theCells[0].style.backgroundColor;
        domDetect    = false;
    }
    if (currentColor == ''
        || currentColor.toLowerCase() == theDefaultColor.toLowerCase()) {
        if (theAction == 'over' && thePointerColor != '') {
            newColor              = thePointerColor;
        }
    }
    else if (currentColor.toLowerCase() == thePointerColor.toLowerCase()
             && (typeof(marked_row[theRowNum]) == 'undefined' || !marked_row[theRowNum])) {
        if (theAction == 'out') {
            newColor              = theDefaultColor;
        }
    }

    if (newColor) {
        var c = null;
        if (domDetect) {
            for (c = 0; c < rowCellsCnt; c++) {
                theCells[c].setAttribute('bgcolor', newColor, 0);
            } 
        }
        else {
            for (c = 0; c < rowCellsCnt; c++) {
                theCells[c].style.backgroundColor = newColor;
            }
        }
    } 
    return true;
}