function dollarFormat (origNumber):String {
	var procNum:Number = 0;
	if (typeof origNumber == "string")
		procNum = parseFloat(origNumber);
	else if (typeof origNumber == "number")
		procNum = origNumber;
	else
		return "";
	var isNegative:Boolean = (procNum < 0) ? true : false;
	procNum = Math.abs(procNum);
	var numStr:String = (Math.round(procNum * 100)).toString();
	if (numStr.length == 0 || numStr == "0") {
		return ((isNegative) ? "-" : "") + "$0.00";
	} else if (numStr.length == 1) {
		return ((isNegative) ? "-" : "") + "$0.0" + numStr;
	} else if (numStr.length == 2) {
		return ((isNegative) ? "-" : "") + "$0." + numStr;
	} else {
		var dollarStr:String = numStr.substring(0, (numStr.length - 2));
		var centStr:String = numStr.slice(-2);
		var dollarOutStr:String = "";
		for (var charItr = dollarStr.length; charItr >= 0; charItr--) {
			dollarOutStr = ((((dollarStr.length - charItr) % 3) == 0 && dollarStr.length != charItr && charItr != 0) ? "," : "") + dollarStr.charAt(charItr) + dollarOutStr;
		}
		return ((isNegative) ? "-" : "") + "$" + dollarOutStr + "." + centStr;
	}
}