function launchPopups (fileName,winName,attributes,golive,expiration) {

    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
    //
    // Author:       Joseph Green
    // Function:     subscription
    //
    // Description:  This function launches a popup
    //               based on dates.  It takes three arrays as arguments.
    // 
    // Arguments:    sring fileName;   the popup file to launch
    //
    //               array golive;     the date on which the text should first 
    //                                 appear on the html page.  
    //
    //                  golive[0] = int year;
    //                  golive[1] = int month;
    //                  golive[2] = int day;
    //                  golive[3] = int hour;
    //                  golive[4] = int minute;
    //
    //               array expiration; the date that the text should stop 
    //                                 appearing on the html page.  
    //
    //                  expiration[0] = int year;
    //                  expiration[1] = int month;
    //                  expiration[2] = int day;
    //                  expiration[3] = int hour;
    //                  expiration[4] = int minute;
    //
    // Dependencies: This function uses two external functions:
    //               checkGoLive() version 1.0
    //               checkExpiration() version 1.0
    //
    // Version:      1.0
    //
    /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// 
    ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

  
      var glYear=golive[0];
      var glMonth=golive[1];
      var glDay=golive[2];
      var glHour=golive[3];
      var glMinute=golive[4];

      var eYear=expiration[0];
      var eMonth=expiration[1];
      var eDay=expiration[2];
      var eHour=expiration[3];
      var eMinute=expiration[4];
      

      var liveApp = checkGoLive(glYear,glMonth,glDay,glHour,glMinute); 
      var expiredApp = checkExpiration(eYear,eMonth,eDay,eHour,eMinute);

      // test data for checking validation values
      //  document.write("<font color='white'>true=" + liveApp + " false=" + expiredApp + "</font>"); 
     

      if (liveApp=="true" && expiredApp=="false") {

	      window.open(fileName,winName,attributes);	

      } //end if for liveApp and expiredApp 

    }; //end function subscription()