Index: lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js
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diff -u -r1c42119baf51e12d0ef19919cb5a266a186d4b7d -rf2ab3eeabae5a8a3c701cb5e695d85a9ef3adac5
--- lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js	(.../common.js)	(revision 1c42119baf51e12d0ef19919cb5a266a186d4b7d)
+++ lams_central/web/includes/javascript/common.js	(.../common.js)	(revision f2ab3eeabae5a8a3c701cb5e695d85a9ef3adac5)
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
-<!-- Common Javascript functions for LAMS -->
-
-	var instructionsWindow = null;
-	/**
-	 * Launches the popup window for the instruction files
-	 */
-	function launchInstructionsPopup(url) {
+/**
+ * Launches the popup window for the instruction files
+ */
+var instructionsWindow = null;
+function launchInstructionsPopup(url) {
 // add the mac test back in when we have the platform detection working.
 //		if(mac){
 //			window.open(url,'instructions','resizable,width=796,height=570,scrollbars');
@@ -15,98 +13,100 @@
 			instructionsWindow = window.open(url,'instructions','resizable,width=796,height=570,scrollbars');
 			instructionsWindow.window.focus();
 //		}	
-	}
+}
 
-	function launchPopup(url,title) {
-		var wd = null;
-		if(wd && wd.open && !wd.closed){
-			wd.close();
-		}
-		wd = window.open(url,title,'resizable,width=796,height=570,scrollbars');
-		wd.window.focus();
-	}	
+function launchPopup(url,title) {
+	var wd = null;
+	if(wd && wd.open && !wd.closed){
+		wd.close();
+	}
+	wd = window.open(url,title,'resizable,width=796,height=570,scrollbars');
+	wd.window.focus();
+}	
 	
-	function filterData(src,target){
-		if(src.value != null){
-			//replace specified string for characters that are sensitive to HTML interpreters
-			var srcV = src.value;
-			//must replace & first, otherwise, this will conflict with others.
-			srcV = srcV.replace(/&/g,"&amp;");
-			srcV = srcV.replace(/</g,"&lt;");
-			srcV = srcV.replace(/>/g,"&gt;");
-			srcV = srcV.replace(/"/g,"&quot;");
-			srcV = srcV.replace(/\\/g,"&#39;");
-			target.value = srcV;
-			//for windows system
-			if(src.value.indexOf("\r\n") != -1)
-				target.value=srcV.replace(/\r\n/g,"<BR>");
-			//for *nix system
-			else if(src.value.indexOf("\n") != -1)
-				target.value=srcV.replace(/\n/g,"<BR>");
-			
+function filterData(src,target){
+	if(src.value != null) {
+		//replace specified string for characters that are sensitive to HTML interpreters
+		var srcV = src.value;
+		//must replace & first, otherwise, this will conflict with others.
+		srcV = srcV.replace(/&/g,"&amp;");
+		srcV = srcV.replace(/</g,"&lt;");
+		srcV = srcV.replace(/>/g,"&gt;");
+		srcV = srcV.replace(/"/g,"&quot;");
+		srcV = srcV.replace(/\\/g,"&#39;");
+		target.value = srcV;
+		//for windows system
+		if (src.value.indexOf("\r\n") != -1) {
+			target.value=srcV.replace(/\r\n/g,"<BR>");
+		//for *nix system
+		} else if (src.value.indexOf("\n") != -1) {
+			target.value=srcV.replace(/\n/g,"<BR>");
 		}
 	}
-	function trimAll( strValue ) {
-		 var replaceExpr = /^(\s*)$/;
+}
+function trimAll( strValue ) {
+	 var replaceExpr = /^(\s*)$/;
 
-	    //check for all spaces
-	    if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
-	       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '');
-	       if( strValue.length == 0)
-	          return strValue;
-	    }
+    //check for all spaces
+    if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
+       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '');
+       if( strValue.length == 0) {
+          return strValue;
+       }
+    }
 	
-	   //check for leading & trailing spaces
-	   replaceExpr = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
-	   if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
-	       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
-	       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '$2');
-	    }
-	  return strValue;
-	}
+   //check for leading & trailing spaces
+   replaceExpr = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
+   if(replaceExpr.test(strValue)) {
+       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
+       strValue = strValue.replace(replaceExpr, '$2');
+    }
+   
+	return strValue;
+}
 	
-	function isEmpty( strValue ) {
+function isEmpty( strValue ) {
 	
-	   var strTemp = strValue;
-	   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
-	   if(strTemp.length > 0){
-	     return false;
-	   }
-	   return true;
-	}
+   var strTemp = strValue;
+   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
+   if (strTemp.length > 0) {
+     return false;
+   }
+   return true;
+}
 	
-	// refresh the parent window if the parent window is a tool monitoring window
-	function refreshParentMonitoringWindow() {
-		if ( window.opener && ! window.opener.closed && window.opener.name.indexOf("MonitorActivity") >= 0 ) {
-			var monitoringURL = String(window.opener.location);
-			var currentTab = window.opener.selectedTabID;
-			if ( currentTab ) {
-				var indexStart = monitoringURL.indexOf("&currentTab=");
-				if ( indexStart != -1 ) {
-					var indexEnd = monitoringURL.indexOf("&",indexStart+1);
-					if ( indexEnd == -1 ) {
-						monitoringURL = monitoringURL.substring(0,indexStart);
-					} else {
-						monitoringURL = monitoringURL.substring(0,indexStart)+monitoringURL.substring(indexEnd);
-					}
+// refresh the parent window if the parent window is a tool monitoring window
+function refreshParentMonitoringWindow() {
+	if ( window.opener && ! window.opener.closed && window.opener.name.indexOf("MonitorActivity") >= 0 ) {
+		var monitoringURL = String(window.opener.location);
+		var currentTab = window.opener.selectedTabID;
+		if ( currentTab ) {
+			var indexStart = monitoringURL.indexOf("&currentTab=");
+			if ( indexStart != -1 ) {
+				var indexEnd = monitoringURL.indexOf("&",indexStart+1);
+				if ( indexEnd == -1 ) {
+					monitoringURL = monitoringURL.substring(0,indexStart);
+				} else {
+					monitoringURL = monitoringURL.substring(0,indexStart)+monitoringURL.substring(indexEnd);
 				}
-				monitoringURL = monitoringURL+"&currentTab="+currentTab;
 			}
-			window.opener.location.href = monitoringURL;
+			monitoringURL = monitoringURL+"&currentTab="+currentTab;
 		}
+		window.opener.location.href = monitoringURL;
 	}
+}
 	
-	//does Ajax call (pure JavaScript without relying on frameworks)
-    function doAjaxCall(url) {
-    	var xmlhttp;
-    	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
-    	   xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
-    	} else {// code for IE6, IE5
-    		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
-    	}
-    	xmlhttp.open("POST", url, false);
-    	xmlhttp.send();
-    }
+//does Ajax call (pure JavaScript without relying on frameworks)
+function doAjaxCall(url) {
+	var xmlhttp;
+	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {// code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
+		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+	} else {// code for IE6, IE5
+		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
+   	}
+   	xmlhttp.open("POST", url, false);
+   	xmlhttp.send();
+}
     
 function getNumberOfWords(value, isRemoveHtmlTags) {
     	
@@ -119,4 +119,16 @@
 	var wordCount = value ? (value.replace(/['";:,.?\-!]+/g, '').match(/\S+/g) || []).length : 0;
 	return wordCount;
 }
+    
+function getNumberOfWords(value, isRemoveHtmlTags) {
+    	
+	//HTML tags stripping 
+	if (isRemoveHtmlTags) {
+		value = value.replace(/&nbsp;/g, '').replace(/<\/?[a-z][^>]*>/gi, '');
+	}
+	value = value.trim();
+    	
+	var wordCount = value ? (value.replace(/['";:,.?\-!]+/g, '').match(/\S+/g) || []).length : 0;
+	return wordCount;
+}
 	
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