//a public function that the container uses to pass in values for the labels
function public_Labels(label1, label2, label3, label4, label5, label6, label7){
t1.innerText = label1;
t2.innerText = label2;
t3.innerText = label3;
t4.innerText = label4;
}

//a public function that the container uses to pass in values for the card containers
function public_Contents(contents1, contents2, contents3, contents4, contents5, contents6, contents7){

t1Contents.innerHTML = contents1;
t2Contents.innerHTML = contents2;
t3Contents.innerHTML = contents3;
t4Contents.innerHTML = contents4;;

init();
}

//sets the default display to tab 1
function init(){
tabContents.innerHTML = t1Contents.innerHTML;
}

//this is the tab switching function
var currentTab;
var tabBase;
var firstFlag = true;


function changeTabs(){

if(firstFlag == true){
currentTab = t1;
tabBase = t1base;
firstFlag = false;
}

if(window.event.srcElement.className == "tab"){

currentTab.className = "tab";

tabBase.style.backgroundColor = "white";

currentTab = window.event.srcElement;

tabBaseID = currentTab.id + "base";

tabContentID = currentTab.id + "Contents";

tabBase = document.all(tabBaseID);

tabContent = document.all(tabContentID);

currentTab.className = "selTab";
tabBase.style.backgroundColor = "";

tabContents.innerHTML = tabContent.innerHTML;

}
}