function getDocElement(p_element_id) {
   if (document.layers){
      //Netscape 4 specific code
      pre = 'document.';
      post = '';
   }
   if (document.getElementById){
      //Netscape 6 specific code
      pre = 'document.getElementById("';
      post = '")';
   }
   if (document.all){
      //IE4+ specific code
      pre = 'document.all.';
      post = '';
   }
   
  var l_element = eval(pre + p_element_id + post);
  
  return(l_element);
}