function showAlert(msg, url) {
    alert(msg);
    if (url != '') {
        redirectURL(url);
    }
}

function showPop(url, w, h) {
    window.open(url, '1', 'toolbar=0,scrollbars=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0,resizable=1,width=' + w + ',height=' + h);
}

function redirectURL(url) {
    if (navigator.appName == 'Microsoft Internet Explorer') {
        window.location.href(url);
    } else if (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') {
    window.open(url, '_parent', 1);
    window.close();       
    }
}

function deleteRecord(url) {
    if (confirm("Want to delete clicked record?\nAll the related data to this record will also be deleted!")) {
        redirectURL(url);
    }
}

function timer(obj) {
    var t = setTimeout("document.getElementById('" + obj + "').style.display = 'none'", 5000);
}