function selectReplacement(obj) {
  //alert('selectReplacement('+obj+')');
   // Set time, user has 5 seconds to choose otherwise
   // default currency will be selected.
   // timer time = new timer();

  // append a class to the select
  obj.className += ' replaced';
  // create list for styling
  var ul = document.createElement('ul');
  ul.className = 'selectReplacement';
  var opts = obj.options;
  //alert('selectReplacement('+obj+'): opts.length = '+opts.length);
  for (var i=0; i<opts.length; i++) {
    var selectedOpt;
    if (opts[i].selected) {
      selectedOpt = i;
      break;
    } else {
      selectedOpt = 0;
    }
  }
  for (var i=0; i<opts.length; i++) {
    var li = document.createElement('li');
    var txt = document.createTextNode(opts[i].text);
    li.appendChild(txt);
    li.selIndex = opts[i].index;
    li.selectID = obj.id;
    li.onclick = function() {
      selectMe(this);
    }
    if (i == selectedOpt) {
      li.className = 'selected';
      li.onclick = function() {
        this.parentNode.className += ' selectOpen';
        this.onclick = function() {
          selectMe(this);
        }
      }
    }
    if (window.attachEvent) {
      li.onmouseover = function() {
        this.className += ' hover';
      }
      li.onmouseout = function() {
        this.className =
          this.className.replace(new RegExp(" hover\\b"), '');
      }
    }
    ul.appendChild(li);
  }
  // add the input and the ul
  obj.parentNode.appendChild(ul);
}
function selectMe(obj) {
  var lis = obj.parentNode.getElementsByTagName('li');
  for (var i=0; i<lis.length; i++) {
    if (lis[i] != obj) { // not the selected list item
      lis[i].className='';
      lis[i].onclick = function() {
        selectMe(this);
      }
   } else {
      setVal(obj.selectID, obj.selIndex);
      obj.className='selected';
      obj.parentNode.className =
        obj.parentNode.className.replace(new RegExp(" selectOpen\\b"), '');
      obj.onclick = function() {
        obj.parentNode.className += ' selectOpen';
        this.onclick = function() {
          selectMe(this);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
function setVal(objID, selIndex) {
  var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
  obj.selectedIndex = selIndex;
}
function setForm() {
  //alert('setForm()');
  var s = document.getElementsByTagName('select');
  //alert('setForm(): s.length = '+s.length);
  for (var i=0; i<s.length; i++) {
    selectReplacement(s[i]);
  }
}
function closeSel(obj) {
  // close the ul
}
window.onload = function() {
  (document.all && !window.print) ? null : setForm();
}
function setIndices(){
            document.getElementById("currency_from").selectedIndex =
            document.getElementById("leftSideIndex").value;
            document.getElementById("currency_to").selectedIndex =
            document.getElementById("rightSideIndex").value;
}