// Original:  Ronnie T. Moore 
// Web Site:  The JavaScript Source 

var highlightedText = "";
function getActiveText(e) { 

// Sets text MSIE or Netscape active 
// text based on browser, puts text in form
highlightedText = (document.all) ? document.selection.createRange().text : document.getSelection();

//document.theform.text.value = text;
return true;
}

document.onmouseup = getActiveText;
if (!document.all) document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEUP);

function appendHighlightedTextToQS(linkid){
    //alert("link id = " + linkid);
    //alert("highlightedtext = " + highlightedText);
    if (highlightedText != "") {
        //alert("got here");
        var daUrl = document.getElementById(linkid).href;
        //alert("url = " + daUrl);
        document.getElementById(linkid).href = daUrl + "&title=" + highlightedText;
    }
}