[Javascript] errors in IE 8

[liam_d]

I currently us the below code for javascript insertion which works fine in FF & Opera but gives errors in IE.

(this was from a tutorial i found)

// add simple text
function addText(Text)
{
	var obj = document.form.message;
	obj.focus();
 
	if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange)  // Internet Explorer
	{
		sel = document.selection.createRange();
		if (sel.parentElement() == obj)  
		{
			sel.text = Text;
		}
	}

	else if (obj != "undefined")  // Firefox
	{
		var longueur = parseInt(obj.textLength);
		var selStart = obj.selectionStart;
		var selEnd = obj.selectionEnd;

		obj.value = obj.value.substring(0,selStart) + Text + obj.value.substring(selEnd,longueur);
	}
 
	else 
	{
		obj.value += Text;
	}

	obj.focus();
}

// wrap code in tags or just simply add them by themselves
function addTags(Tag, fTag)
{
	var obj = document.form.message;
	obj.focus();

	// Internet Explorer
	if (document.selection && document.selection.createRange) 
	{
		sel = document.selection.createRange();
		if (sel.parentElement() == obj)
		{
			sel.text = Tag + sel.text + fTag;
		}
	}

	// Firefox
	else if (obj != "undefined")
	{
		var longueur = parseInt(obj.textLength);
		var selStart = obj.selectionStart;
		var selEnd = obj.selectionEnd;

		obj.value = obj.value.substring(0,selStart) + Tag + obj.value.substring(selStart,selEnd) + fTag + obj.value.substring(selEnd,longueur);
	}
 
	else
	{	
		obj.value += Tag + fTag;
	}

	obj.focus();
}

Here is a screenshot of the error:
http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e397/clericvash/jserror.jpg

I am no good at all with JS so i don't know what it means?