function setPointer(theRow, theRowNum, newColor)
{
 var theCells = null;
      if (typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined') {
		        return false;
			    }
   if (typeof(document.getElementsByTagName) != 'undefined') {
           theCells = theRow.getElementsByTagName('td');
	        }
        else if (typeof(theRow.cells) != 'undefined') {
        theCells = theRow.cells;
		    }
    else {
           return false;
		        }
	        var rowCellsCnt  = theCells.length;
		    var c = null;
		        for (c = 0; c < rowCellsCnt; c++) {
        theCells[c].style.backgroundColor = newColor;
		    }
    return true;
}