function findForm(formName) {
    for(i=0;i< document.forms.length;i++) {
        fname = document.forms[i].name;
        if(formName == fname) {
            return i;
        }
    }
    return false;
}

function findElement(formName, elemName) {
    j = findForm(formName);
    for(i=0;i< document.forms[j].length;i++) {
        fname = document.forms[j].elements[i].name;
        if(elemName == fname) {
            return i;
        }
    }
    return false;
}