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+function createModal(text,renderAsHTML=false) {
+    if(!document.getElementById("modal")) {
+        const shade = document.createElement("div")
+        shade.id = "modal-shade"
+        const m = document.createElement("div")
+        m.id = "modal"
+        const close = document.createElement("button")
+        close.id = "modal-close-button"
+        close.innerText = "Close"
+        close.onclick = function() {
+            m.style.display = shade.style.display = 'none';
+        }
+        const textdiv = document.createElement("div")
+        textdiv.id = "modal-text-div"
+        m.appendChild(textdiv)
+        m.appendChild(close)
+        document.body.insertBefore(m,document.body.children[0])
+        document.body.insertBefore(shade,document.body.children[0])
+    }
+    const currentModal = document.getElementById("modal")
+    const shade = document.getElementById("modal-shade")
+    if(renderAsHTML) {
+        document.getElementById("modal-text-div").innerHTML = text
+    } else {
+        document.getElementById("modal-text-div").innerText = text
+    }
+    currentModal.style.display = shade.style.display = "block"
+}
+
+
+// This code is a workaround for IE6's lack of support for the
+// position: fixed style.
+//
+if (!('maxHeight' in document.body.style)) {
+    function modalsize() {
+      var top = document.documentElement.scrollTop;
+      var winsize = document.documentElement.offsetHeight;
+      var docsize = document.documentElement.scrollHeight;
+      shade.style.height = Math.max(winsize, docsize) + 'px';
+      modal.style.top = top + Math.floor(winsize / 3) + 'px';
+    };
+    modal.style.position = shade.style.position = 'absolute';
+    window.onscroll = window.onresize = modalsize;
+    modalsize();
+  }
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