function setPointer(theRow, thePointerColor)
	{
	if (thePointerColor == '' || typeof(theRow.style) == 'undefined') {
	        return false;
	}
	if (typeof(document.getElementsByTagName) != 'undefined') {
	        var theCells = theRow.getElementsByTagName('td');
	}
	else if (typeof(theRow.cells) != 'undefined') {
	        var theCells = theRow.cells;
	}else {
	        return false;
	}

	var rowCellsCnt  = theCells.length;
	for (var c = 0; c < rowCellsCnt; c++) {
	        theCells[c].style.backgroundColor = thePointerColor;
	}
	        return true;
	} // end of the 'setPointer()' function