function setAction(thisform, action) {
        var ticker = thisform.s.value;
        ticker = ticker.toUpperCase();
        var pageMap = new Array();
        var prefixMap = new Array();
        var newExchange = getExchange(ticker);
        var basename = action.substring(3,action.length);
        var map = new Array();
        map["apr"] = "pr";
        map["pr"] = "pr";
        map["aks"] = "ks";
        map["ks"] = "ks";
        map["ait"] = "it";
        map["it"] = "it";
        map["ais"] = "is";
        map["is"] = "is";
        map["abs"] = "bs";
        map["bs"] = "bs";
        map["acf"] = "cf";
        map["cf"] = "cf";
        if (map[basename]) {
            basename = map[basename];
            var exchMap = new Array();
            exchMap[""] = ""; // default
            exchMap[".AX"] = "a";
            if (exchMap[newExchange] != null) {
                basename = exchMap[newExchange] + basename;
            } else {
                basename = exchMap[""] + basename;
            }
            thisform.action = '/q/' + basename;
        } else {
            thisform.action = action;
        }
    }
    function getExchange(ticker) {
        var dotPos = ticker.lastIndexOf('.');
        var exchange = "";
        if (dotPos != -1) {
            exchange = ticker.substring(dotPos, ticker.length);
        }
        return exchange;
    }
      function getSymbols(ext, searchField) {
        var a =[];
        var syms;
        syms = '';
        if(ext == '*' || ext == 'a' || ext == 'w') { return true; }
        a = searchField.value.toUpperCase().split(/\s+/);
        for (var i=0; i < a.length; i++) {
              if(a[i].indexOf(".")<0 && a[i].indexOf("^")<0 && a[i].indexOf("=")<0 && a[i]!="") {
                a[i] += '.';
            a[i] += ext;
          }
          syms += a[i];
          if(i != a.length-1) { syms += '+'; }
        }
        searchField.value = syms;        
        return true
      }