// set the javascript special char here to flag selected value in dropdown

var selChr = "+";

//

function notifySelect(RepSelected)

{ 

 if (RepSelected == "click to view reps") return false;

 var rep_str ="";

 for (i = 0; i < document.index.searchstatus.options.length; i++) 

 {

   if (document.index.searchstatus.options[i].value != '') 

   {

		var dropdownItem = document.index.searchstatus.options[i].text;

		if (dropdownItem == RepSelected || dropdownItem == selChr+RepSelected) 

		{

			if (dropdownItem.substring(0,1) == selChr) 

			{			    

				document.index.searchstatus.options[i].text = RepSelected.substring(1);				

			}

			else 

			{				

				document.index.searchstatus.options[i].text = selChr + RepSelected;					

			}

		 }

	   dropdownItem = document.index.searchstatus.options[i].text;

	   if (dropdownItem.substring(0,1) == selChr) 

	   {

			rep_str = rep_str + document.index.searchstatus.options[i].value + ",";			

			document.index.searchstatus.options[i].style.backgroundColor = "#3366CC";

            document.index.searchstatus.options[i].style.color = "#FFFFFF";

		}

	   else 

		{

		    document.index.searchstatus.options[i].style.backgroundColor = "#FFFFFF";

		    document.index.searchstatus.options[i].style.color = "#006699";

		}

   }

 }

 //end of search

 document.index.searchstatus.options[0].selected = true;

 document.index.notifyReps.value = rep_str;  

}