function testgreet() {
     alert("Hello user! Welcome to JavaScript.")
}

function lac_js_newwindow(windowname) {
      w = window.open("", windowname, "width=300, height=300")
      w.focus()
}


function lac_js_newmediumwindow(wheretogo) {
      w = window.open(wheretogo, "somename", "width=300, height=300")
      w.focus()
}

function testexpired() {
      parent.quizmain.quizform.submitquizbutton.click()
}

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// from http://www.jsr.communitech.net/stopwatch2.htm
// Then hacked to take a number of seconds and convert to minutes and seconds
var up,down;
var min1,sec1;
var cmin1,csec1,cmin2,csec2;

function Minutes(data) {
  for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++) if(data.substring(i,i+1)==":") break;
  return(data.substring(0,i));
}

function Seconds(data) {
  for(var i=0;i<data.length;i++) if(data.substring(i,i+1)==":") break;
  return(data.substring(i+1,data.length));
}

function Display(min,sec) {
  var disp;

  if(min<=9) disp=" 0";
  else disp=" ";
  disp+=min+":";
  if(sec<=9) disp+="0"+sec;
  else disp+=sec;
  return(disp);
}

function Up() {
  cmin1=0;
  csec1=0;
  min1=0+Minutes(document.sw.beg1.value);
  sec1=0+Seconds(document.sw.beg1.value);
  UpRepeat();
}

function UpRepeat() {
  csec1++;
  if(csec1==60) { csec1=0; cmin1++; }
  document.sw.disp1.value=Display(cmin1,csec1);
  if((cmin1==min1)&&(csec1==sec1)) alert("Stopwatch Stopped");
  else up=setTimeout("UpRepeat()",1000);
}

function Down() {
  cmin2=1*Minutes(document.sw.beg2.value);
  csec2=0+Seconds(document.sw.beg2.value);
  DownRepeat();
}

function DownFromSecondsInput() {
  drsusecs = document.sw.beg2.value;
  drsmin = Math.floor( drsusecs / 60 );
  drsminsecs = drsmin * 60;
  drssec = ( drsusecs - drsminsecs );
  //cmin2=1*Minutes(document.sw.beg2.value);
  //csec2=0+Seconds(document.sw.beg2.value);
  cmin2 = drsmin;
  csec2 = drssec;
  DownRepeat();
}

function DownRepeat() {
  csec2--;
  if(csec2==-1) { csec2=59; cmin2--; }
  document.sw.disp2.value=Display(cmin2,csec2);
  if((cmin2==0)&&(csec2==0)) testexpired();
  else down=setTimeout("DownRepeat()",1000);
}