WebBrowserEx: Setting value of form dropdown/option boxes?

function setOption($select, $value){
   //   this function accepts 2 parameters
   //   $select is a HTML select element
   //   $value is an option value (string) within the select element to find and select if it exists otherwise no change is made to the select element's options
   //    the function will return true if $value is found in $select and selected otherwise it'll return false
   var $options=$select.options, $i=$options.length;
   while($i--){
      if($options[$i].value===$value){
         $options[$i].selected=true;
         return true;
      }
   }
   return false;
}

var selects=document.getElementsByTagName('select');