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Fire Event
// description of your code here
function fireEvent(element,event) {
if (document.createEvent) {
// dispatch for firefox + others
var evt = document.createEvent("HTMLEvents");
evt.initEvent(event, true, true ); // event type,bubbling,cancelable
return !element.dispatchEvent(evt);
} else {
// dispatch for IE
var evt = document.createEventObject();
return element.fireEvent('on'+event,evt)
}
}
