function disableButtons() {
    return; // [sg 20071126]disabled because validation didn't update properly in internet explorer, preventing submit
    // history [edvr] 20070808 waiting cursor removed. Caused problems with validation and we use a nice waiting message on screen now
    //document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
	var frm = document.forms[0];
	try {
		for(i=0;i<frm.length;i++)
		{
			e=frm.elements[i];
			if ( e.type=='button' || e.type=='submit' ) {
				e.disabled = true;
			}
		}
		disableDropdowns();
		// history [edvr] 20070808 disabled. Caused problems with validation and worked only in IE which did not look nice
		//disableLinkButtons();
	}
	catch (err) {
	}
}

function disableLinkButtons() {
	// disable hyperlinks (linkbuttons)
	var a = document.getElementsByTagName("A");
	for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++) a[i].disabled = true;
}
function disableDropdowns() {
	// disable Dropdowns (select)
	var a = document.getElementsByTagName("SELECT");
	for(var i=0;i<a.length;i++) a[i].style.visibility = "hidden";
}