var optioncode = '';

function startoption(ref){
  optioncode = '<SELECT NAME="' + ref + '">';
}

function styleoption(val, selected, name){
 var style = '';
 var bits = name.match(/(.*)(#\w{6})(.*)/);
 if ( bits != null )
   {
   style = ' style="background-color:' + bits[2] + '"';
   name = bits[1] + bits[3];
   }
  // <OPTION VALUE=NETQUOTEVAR:CHOICESELVALUE NETQUOTEVAR:ITEMSELECTED>NETQUOTEVAR:CHOICENAME
  optioncode += '<OPTION VALUE=' + val + ' ' + selected + style + '>' + name;   
}

function endoption(){
  document.write(optioncode + '</select>');
}