function getURLParam(strParamName){
    var strReturn = "";
    var strHref = window.location.href;
    if ( strHref.indexOf("?") > -1 ){
      var strQueryString = strHref.substr(strHref.indexOf("?")).toLowerCase();
      var aQueryString = strQueryString.split("&");
      for ( var iParam = 0; iParam < aQueryString.length; iParam++ ){
        if ( 
  aQueryString[iParam].indexOf(strParamName.toLowerCase() + "=") > -1 ){
          var aParam = aQueryString[iParam].split("=");
          strReturn = aParam[1];
          break;
        }
      }
    }
    return unescape(strReturn);
  } 
  
  
  
  //http://www.11tmr.com/11tmr.nsf/D6Plinks/MWHE-695L9Z
  
  // the current URL is "...?opendocument&id=testid" then calling getURLParam("id") will return "testid".