function GetObj( oName, oFrame, oDoc ) {
    /* if not working on a layer, document should be set to the
    document of the working frame
    if the working frame is not set, use the window object
    of the current document
    WARNING: - cross frame scripting will cause errors if
    your page is in a frameset from a different domain */
    if( !oDoc ) { if( oFrame ) { oDoc = oFrame.document; } else {
        oDoc = window.document; } }

    //check for images, forms, layers
    if( oDoc[oName] ) { return oDoc[oName]; }

    //check for pDOM layers
    if( oDoc.all && oDoc.all[oName] ) { return oDoc.all[oName]; }

    //check for DOM layers
    if( oDoc.getElementById && oDoc.getElementById(oName) ) {
        return oDoc.getElementById(oName); }

    //check for form elements
    for( var x = 0; x < oDoc.forms.length; x++ ) {
        if( oDoc.forms[x][oName] ) { return oDoc.forms[x][oName]; } }

    //check for anchor elements
    //NOTE: only anchor properties will be available,
    //NOT link properties!
    for( var x = 0; x < oDoc.anchors.length; x++ ) {
        if( oDoc.anchors[x].name == oName ) {
            return oDoc.anchors[x]; } }

    //check for any of the above within a layer in layers browsers
    for( var x = 0; document.layers && x < oDoc.layers.length; x++ ) {
        var theOb = MWJ_findObj( oName, null, oDoc.layers[x].document );
            if( theOb ) { return theOb; } }

    //check for frames, variables or functions
    if( !oFrame && window[oName] ) { return window[oName]; }
    if( oFrame && oFrame[oName] ) { return oFrame[oName]; }

    //if checking through frames, check for any of the above within
    //each child frame
    for( var x = 0; oFrame && oFrame.frames &&
      x < oFrame.frames.length; x++ ) {
        var theOb = MWJ_findObj( oName, oFrame.frames[x],
          oFrame.frames[x].document ); if( theOb ) { return theOb; } }

    return null;
}