diff --git a/addressbook/templates/default/view.tpl b/addressbook/templates/default/view.tpl
index 2517ff860f..dd544491fe 100644
--- a/addressbook/templates/default/view.tpl
+++ b/addressbook/templates/default/view.tpl
@@ -33,40 +33,17 @@
 <center>
  <TABLE border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1">
   <TR> 
-   <TD align="left">
-     {edit_link}
-     <input type="hidden" name="ab_id" value="{ab_id}">
+   <TD>
      {edit_button}
-    </form>
    </TD>
-   <TD align="left">
-     {copy_link}
-     <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{sort}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="order" value="{order}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="filter" value="{filter}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="start" value="{start}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="fields" value="{copy_fields}">
-     <input type="submit" name="submit" value="{lang_copy}">
-    </form>
+   <TD>
+     {copy_button}
    </TD>
-   <TD align="left">
-     {vcard_link}
-     <input type="hidden" name="ab_id" value="{ab_id}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{sort}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="order" value="{order}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="filter" value="{filter}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="start" value="{start}">
-     <input type="submit" name="VCardform" value="{lang_vcard}">
-    </form>
+   <TD>
+     {vcard_button}
    </TD>
-   <TD align="left">
-     {done_link}
-     <input type="hidden" name="sort" value="{sort}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="order" value="{order}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="filter" value="{filter}">
-     <input type="hidden" name="start" value="{start}">
-     <input type="submit" name="Doneform" value="{lang_done}">
-    </form>
+   <TD>
+     {done_button}
    </TD>
   </TR>
  </TABLE>
diff --git a/addressbook/view.php b/addressbook/view.php
index 181d3ffa98..6f2b2129c7 100755
--- a/addressbook/view.php
+++ b/addressbook/view.php
@@ -239,63 +239,66 @@
 
 	$sfields = rawurlencode(serialize($fields[0]));
 
+	function html_input_hidden($vars) {
+		if (!is_array($vars)) return '';
+		while (list($name,$value) = each($vars)) {
+			if ($value != '')					// dont need to send all the empty vars
+				$html .= "<input type=hidden name=\"$name\" value=\"$value\">\n";
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+	function html_submit_button($name,$lang) {
+		return "<input type=\"submit\" name=\"$name\" value=\"".lang($lang)."\">\n";
+	}
+
+	function phpgw_link($url,$vars='') {
+		global $phpgw;
+		if (is_array( $vars )) {
+			while(list($name,$value) = each($vars)) {
+				if ($value != '')				// dont need to send all the empty vars
+					$v[] = "$name=$value";
+			}
+			$vars = implode('&',$v);
+		}
+		return $phpgw->link($url,$vars);
+	}				
+
+	function html_1button_form($name,$lang,$hidden_vars,$url,$url_vars='',$method='POST') {
+		$html = "<form method=\"$method\" action=\"".phpgw_link($url,$url_vars)."\">\n";
+		$html .= html_input_hidden($hidden_vars);
+		$html .= html_submit_button($name,$lang);
+		$html .= "</form>\n";
+		return $html;
+	}
+	
+	$common_vars = array('sort' => $sort,'order' => $order,'filter' => $filter,'start' => $start); // common vars for all buttons
+			
 	if (($this->grants[$record_owner] & PHPGW_ACL_EDIT) || ($record_owner == $phpgw_info['user']['account_id']))
 	{
-		if ($referer)
-		{
-			$t->set_var('edit_link','<form method="POST" action="'
-				. $phpgw->link("/addressbook/edit.php",'referer=' . urlencode($referer),
-				"cd=16&order=$order&sort=$sort&filter=$filter&start=$start&query=$query&cat_id=$cat_id").'">');
-		}
-		else
-		{
-			$t->set_var('edit_link','<form method="POST" action="'
-				. $phpgw->link("/addressbook/edit.php",
-				"cd=16&order=$order&sort=$sort&filter=$filter&start=$start&query=$query&cat_id=$cat_id").'">');
-		}
-		$t->set_var('edit_button','<input type="submit" name="edit" value="' . lang('Edit') . '">');
+		$extra_vars = array('cd' => 16,'query' => $query,'cat_id' => $cat_id);
+		
+		if ($referer) $extra_vars += array( 'referer' => urlencode($referer));
+		
+		$t->set_var('edit_button',html_1button_form('edit','Edit',array('ab_id' => $ab_id),'/addressbook/edit.php',
+																  $common_vars + $extra_vars));
 	}
-
-	$copylink = '<form method="POST" action="' . $phpgw->link("/addressbook/add.php").'">';
+	$t->set_var('copy_button',html_1button_form('submit','copy',$common_vars+array( 'fields' => rawurlencode(serialize($fields[0]))),
+															  '/addressbook/add.php'));
+	
 	if ($fields[0]['n_family'] && $fields[0]['n_given'])
 	{
-		$vcardlink = '<form method="POST" action="' . $phpgw->link("/addressbook/vcardout.php").'">';
+		$t->set_var('vcard_button',html_1button_form('VCardForm','VCard',$common_vars+array( 'ab_id' => $ab_id),'/addressbook/vcardout.php'));
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		$vcardlink = lang('no').' '.lang('vcard');
+		$t->set_var('vcard_button',lang('no vcard'));
 	}
-	if ($referer)
-	{
-		$referer = ereg_replace('/phpgroupware','',$referer);
-		$donelink = '<form method="POST" action="'
-			. $phpgw->link($referer,
-			"cd=16&order=$order&sort=$sort&filter=$filter&start=$start&query=$query").'">';
-	}
-	else
-	{
-		$donelink = '<form method="POST" action="'
-			. $phpgw->link("/addressbook/index.php",
-			"cd=16&order=$order&sort=$sort&filter=$filter&start=$start&query=$query").'">';
-	}
-
+	
+	$t->set_var('done_button',html_1button_form('DoneForm','Done',$common_vars,
+																$referer ? ereg_replace('/phpgroupware','',$referer) : '/addressbook/index.php',
+																$common_vars + array('cd' => 16,'query' => $query)));
 	$t->set_var('access_link',$access_link);
-	$t->set_var('ab_id',$ab_id);
-	$t->set_var('sort',$sort);
-	$t->set_var('order',$order);
-	$t->set_var('filter',$filter);
-	$t->set_var('start',$start);
-	$t->set_var('cat_id',$cat_id);
-
-	$t->set_var('lang_ok',lang('ok'));
-	$t->set_var('lang_done',lang('done'));
-	$t->set_var('lang_copy',lang('copy'));
-	$t->set_var('copy_fields',$sfields);
-	$t->set_var('lang_submit',lang('submit'));
-	$t->set_var('lang_vcard',lang('vcard'));
-	$t->set_var('done_link',$donelink);
-	$t->set_var('copy_link',$copylink);
-	$t->set_var('vcard_link',$vcardlink);
 
 	$t->pfp('out','view_t');