function fnLoadQueryStringVariables()
{

    var aaRawQueryStringVariables = new Array();
    var rxNameValuePair = new RegExp("[a-z0-9]+=[a-z0-9]+", "gi");
    var begin = null;
    var end = null;
    var playmode = null;

    if (location.search.length > 0)
    {
      sQueryString = location.search.substring(1);
      aaRawQueryStringVariables = sQueryString.split("&");

      for (var ii = 0; ii < aaRawQueryStringVariables.length; ii++)
      {
        //alert(aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii]);
        //-- The second test is failing for some unknown reason
        //if (rxNameValuePair.test(aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii]))
        //{
        if (aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii].replace(
          new RegExp("[a-z0-9]*=[a-z0-9]*", "gi"), "") == "")
        {
          if (aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii].replace(
            new RegExp("[a-z0-9]*=[0-9]+", "gi"), "") == "")
          {
            eval("var " + aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii] + ";");
          }
          else
          {
            var aaTemp = aaRawQueryStringVariables[ii].split("=");
            eval("var " + aaTemp[0] + "= '" + aaTemp[1] + "';");
          }
        } //-- if 
        //} //-- if       
      } //-- for      
    } //-- if query string
} //-- fnLoadQueryStringVariables