function formulize_disableElement($element, $type, $ele_desc)
 {
     if ($type == "text" or $type == "textarea" or $type == "date" or $type == "colorpick") {
         $newElement = new xoopsFormElementTray($element->getCaption(), "\n");
         $newElement->setName($element->getName());
         switch ($type) {
             case 'date':
                 if ($timeval = $element->getValue()) {
                     if (is_string($timeval)) {
                         $timeval = strtotime($timeval);
                     }
                     $hiddenValue = date(_SHORTDATESTRING, $timeval);
                 } else {
                     $hiddenValue = "";
                 }
                 break;
             default:
                 // should work for all elements, since non-textbox type elements where the value would not be passed straight back, are handled differently at the time they are constructed
                 $hiddenValue = formulize_numberFormat($element->getValue(), $this->_ele->getVar('ele_handle'));
         }
         if (is_array($hiddenValue)) {
             // not sure when/if this would ever happen
             foreach ($hiddenValue as $value) {
                 $newElement->addElement(new xoopsFormHidden($element->getName() . "[]", $value));
                 unset($value);
             }
             $newElement->addElement(new xoopsFormLabel('', implode(", ", $hiddenValue)));
         } else {
             $newElement->addElement(new xoopsFormHidden($element->getName(), $hiddenValue));
             $newElement->addElement(new xoopsFormLabel('', $hiddenValue));
         }
         if (substr($element->getName(), 0, 9) != "desubform") {
             // we should consider not having a cue at all for any disabled elements, but we're not going to pull it out just yet...more investigation of this is necessary
             $newElement->addElement(new xoopsFormHidden("decue_" . trim($element->getName(), "de_"), 1));
         }
         $newElement->setDescription(html_entity_decode($ele_desc, ENT_QUOTES));
         return $newElement;
     } else {
         return $element;
     }
 }