// VARIABLE DECLARATIONS

var digits = "0123456789";

var lowercaseLetters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

var uppercaseLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"


// whitespace characters
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";

var DateDelimiters="\\-./";
// decimal point character differs by language and culture
var decimalPointDelimiter = "."

// U.S. Social Security Numbers have 9 digits.
// They are formatted as 123-45-6789.
var digitsInSocialSecurityNumber = 9;



// non-digit characters which are allowed in ZIP Codes
var ZIPCodeDelimiters = "-";

// our preferred delimiter for reformatting ZIP Codes
var ZIPCodeDelimeter = "-"

// characters which are allowed in Social Security Numbers
var validZIPCodeChars = digits + ZIPCodeDelimiters


// U.S. ZIP codes have 5 or 9 digits.
// They are formatted as 12345 or 12345-6789.
var digitsInZIPCode1 = 5
var digitsInZIPCode2 = 9


// CONSTANT STRING DECLARATIONS
// (grouped for ease of translation and localization)

// m is an abbreviation for "missing"

var mPrefix = "You did not enter a value into the "
var mSuffix = " field. This is a required field. Please enter it now."

// s is an abbreviation for "string"

var sZIPCode = "ZIP Code"
var sEmail = "Email"
var sOtherInfo = "Other Information"

// i is an abbreviation for "invalid"

var iZIPCode = "This field must be a 5 or 9 digit U.S. ZIP Code (like 94043). Please reenter it now."
var iEmail = "This field must be a valid email address (like foo@bar.com). Please reenter it now."
var iDay = "This field must be a day number between 1 and 31.  Please reenter it now."
var iMonth = "This field must be a month number between 1 and 12.  Please reenter it now."
var iYear = "This field must be a 2 or 4 digit year number.  Please reenter it now."
var iDatePrefix = "The Day, Month, and Year for "
var iDateSuffix = " do not form a valid date.  Please reenter them now."
var iHour ="Hours must be between 0 and 24"
var iMinute ="Minutes must be between 0 and 60"
var iSecond ="Seconds must be between 0 and 60"


// p is an abbreviation for "prompt"

var pEntryPrompt = "Please enter a "
var pZIPCode = "5 or 9 digit U.S. ZIP Code (like 94043)."
var pEmail = "valid email address (like foo@bar.com)."
var pDay = "day number between 1 and 31."
var pMonth = "month number between 1 and 12."
var pYear = "2 or 4 digit year number."


// Global variable defaultEmptyOK defines default return value 
// for many functions when they are passed the empty string. 
// By default, they will return defaultEmptyOK.
//
// defaultEmptyOK is false, which means that by default, 
// these functions will do "strict" validation.  Function
// isInteger, for example, will only return true if it is
// passed a string containing an integer; if it is passed
// the empty string, it will return false.
//
// You can change this default behavior globally (for all 
// functions which use defaultEmptyOK) by changing the value
// of defaultEmptyOK.
//
// Most of these functions have an optional argument emptyOK
// which allows you to override the default behavior for 
// the duration of a function call.
//
// This functionality is useful because it is possible to
// say "if the user puts anything in this field, it must
// be an integer (or a phone number, or a string, etc.), 
// but it's OK to leave the field empty too."
// This is the case for fields which are optional but which
// must have a certain kind of content if filled in.

var defaultEmptyOK = false





var daysInMonth = new Array(12);
daysInMonth[1] = 31;
daysInMonth[2] = 29;   // must programmatically check this
daysInMonth[3] = 31;
daysInMonth[4] = 30;
daysInMonth[5] = 31;
daysInMonth[6] = 30;
daysInMonth[7] = 31;
daysInMonth[8] = 31;
daysInMonth[9] = 30;
daysInMonth[10] = 31;
daysInMonth[11] = 30;
daysInMonth[12] = 31;


// Check whether string s is empty.

function isEmpty(s)
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}



// Returns true if string s is empty or 
// whitespace characters only.

function isWhitespace (s)

{   var i;

    // Is s empty?
    if (isEmpty(s)) return true;

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-whitespace character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
    }

    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;
}



// Removes all characters which appear in string bag from string s.

function stripCharsInBag (s, bag)

{   var i;
    var returnString = "";

    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }

    return returnString;
}



// Removes all characters which do NOT appear in string bag 
// from string s.

function stripCharsNotInBag (s, bag)

{   var i;
    var returnString = "";

    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is in bag, append to returnString.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) != -1) returnString += c;
    }

    return returnString;
}


// Removes all whitespace characters from s.
// Global variable whitespace (see above)
// defines which characters are considered whitespace.

function stripWhitespace (s)

{   return stripCharsInBag (s, whitespace)
}


// WORKAROUND FUNCTION FOR NAVIGATOR 2.0.2 COMPATIBILITY.
//
// The below function *should* be unnecessary.  In general,
// avoid using it.  Use the standard method indexOf instead.
//
// However, because of an apparent bug in indexOf on 
// Navigator 2.0.2, the below loop does not work as the
// body of stripInitialWhitespace:
//
// while ((i < s.length) && (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1))
//   i++;
//
// ... so we provide this workaround function charInString
// instead.
//
// charInString (CHARACTER c, STRING s)
//
// Returns true if single character c (actually a string)
// is contained within string s.

//function charInString (c, s)
//{   for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
//    {   if (s.charAt(i) == c) return true;
//    }
//    return false
//}



// Removes initial (leading) whitespace characters from s.
// Global variable whitespace (see above)
// defines which characters are considered whitespace.

function stripInitialWhitespace (s)

{   var i = 0;

    while ((i < s.length) && (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1))
       i++;
    
    return s.substring (i, s.length);
}

// Returns true if character c is an English letter 
// (A .. Z, a..z).
//
// NOTE: Need i18n version to support European characters.
// This could be tricky due to different character
// sets and orderings for various languages and platforms.

function isLetter (c)
{   return ( ((c >= "a") && (c <= "z")) || ((c >= "A") && (c <= "Z")) )
}



// Returns true if character c is a digit 
// (0 .. 9).

function isDigit (c)
{   return ((c >= "0") && (c <= "9"))
}



// Returns true if character c is a letter or digit.

function isLetterOrDigit (c)
{   return (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c))
}



// isInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if all characters in string s are numbers.
//
// Accepts non-signed integers only. Does not accept floating 
// point, exponential notation, etc.
//
// We don't use parseInt because that would accept a string
// with trailing non-numeric characters.
//
// By default, returns defaultEmptyOK if s is empty.
// There is an optional second argument called emptyOK.
// emptyOK is used to override for a single function call
//      the default behavior which is specified globally by
//      defaultEmptyOK.
// If emptyOK is false (or any value other than true), 
//      the function will return false if s is empty.
// If emptyOK is true, the function will return true if s is empty.
//
// EXAMPLE FUNCTION CALL:     RESULT:
// isInteger ("5")            true 
// isInteger ("")             defaultEmptyOK
// isInteger ("-5")           false
// isInteger ("", true)       true
// isInteger ("", false)      false
// isInteger ("5", false)     true

function isInteger (s)

{   var i;

    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isInteger.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isInteger.arguments[1] == true);

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-numeric character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (!isDigit(c)) return false;
    }

    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}


// isSignedInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if all characters are numbers; 
// first character is allowed to be + or - as well.
//
// Does not accept floating point, exponential notation, etc.
//
// We don't use parseInt because that would accept a string
// with trailing non-numeric characters.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.
//
// EXAMPLE FUNCTION CALL:          RESULT:
// isSignedInteger ("5")           true 
// isSignedInteger ("")            defaultEmptyOK
// isSignedInteger ("-5")          true
// isSignedInteger ("+5")          true
// isSignedInteger ("", false)     false
// isSignedInteger ("", true)      true

function isSignedInteger (s)

{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isSignedInteger.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isSignedInteger.arguments[1] == true);

    else {
        var startPos = 0;
        var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

        if (isSignedInteger.arguments.length > 1)
            secondArg = isSignedInteger.arguments[1];

        // skip leading + or -
        if ( (s.charAt(0) == "-") || (s.charAt(0) == "+") )
           startPos = 1;    
        return (isInteger(s.substring(startPos, s.length), secondArg))
    }
}

// isPositiveInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is an integer > 0.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isPositiveInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

    if (isPositiveInteger.arguments.length > 1)
        secondArg = isPositiveInteger.arguments[1];

    // The next line is a bit byzantine.  What it means is:
    // a) s must be a signed integer, AND
    // b) one of the following must be true:
    //    i)  s is empty and we are supposed to return true for
    //        empty strings
    //    ii) this is a positive, not negative, number

    return (isSignedInteger(s, secondArg)
         && ( (isEmpty(s) && secondArg)  || (parseInt (s,10) > 0) ) );
}

// isNonnegativeInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is an integer >= 0.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isNonnegativeInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

    if (isNonnegativeInteger.arguments.length > 1)
        secondArg = isNonnegativeInteger.arguments[1];

    // The next line is a bit byzantine.  What it means is:
    // a) s must be a signed integer, AND
    // b) one of the following must be true:
    //    i)  s is empty and we are supposed to return true for
    //        empty strings
    //    ii) this is a number >= 0

    return (isSignedInteger(s, secondArg)
         && ( (isEmpty(s) && secondArg)  || (parseInt (s,10) >= 0) ) );
}


// isNegativeInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is an integer < 0.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isNegativeInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

    if (isNegativeInteger.arguments.length > 1)
        secondArg = isNegativeInteger.arguments[1];

    // The next line is a bit byzantine.  What it means is:
    // a) s must be a signed integer, AND
    // b) one of the following must be true:
    //    i)  s is empty and we are supposed to return true for
    //        empty strings
    //    ii) this is a negative, not positive, number

    return (isSignedInteger(s, secondArg)
         && ( (isEmpty(s) && secondArg)  || (parseInt (s,10) < 0) ) );
}


// isNonpositiveInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is an integer <= 0.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isNonpositiveInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

    if (isNonpositiveInteger.arguments.length > 1)
        secondArg = isNonpositiveInteger.arguments[1];

    // The next line is a bit byzantine.  What it means is:
    // a) s must be a signed integer, AND
    // b) one of the following must be true:
    //    i)  s is empty and we are supposed to return true for
    //        empty strings
    //    ii) this is a number <= 0

    return (isSignedInteger(s, secondArg)
         && ( (isEmpty(s) && secondArg)  || (parseInt (s,10) <= 0) ) );
}

// isFloat (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// True if string s is an unsigned floating point (real) number. 
//
// Also returns true for unsigned integers. If you wish
// to distinguish between integers and floating point numbers,
// first call isInteger, then call isFloat.
//
// Does not accept exponential notation.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isFloat (s)

{   var i;
    var seenDecimalPoint = false;

    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isFloat.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isFloat.arguments[1] == true);

    if (s == decimalPointDelimiter) return false;

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-numeric character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if ((c == decimalPointDelimiter) && !seenDecimalPoint) seenDecimalPoint = true;
        else if (!isDigit(c)) return false;
    }

    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}


// isSignedFloat (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// True if string s is a signed or unsigned floating point 
// (real) number. First character is allowed to be + or -.
//
// Also returns true for unsigned integers. If you wish
// to distinguish between integers and floating point numbers,
// first call isSignedInteger, then call isSignedFloat.
//
// Does not accept exponential notation.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isSignedFloat (s)

{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isSignedFloat.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isSignedFloat.arguments[1] == true);

    else {
        var startPos = 0;
        var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

        if (isSignedFloat.arguments.length > 1)
            secondArg = isSignedFloat.arguments[1];

        // skip leading + or -
        if ( (s.charAt(0) == "-") || (s.charAt(0) == "+") )
           startPos = 1;    
        return (isFloat(s.substring(startPos, s.length), secondArg))
    }
}




// isAlphabetic (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is English letters 
// (A .. Z, a..z) only.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.
//
// NOTE: Need i18n version to support European characters.
// This could be tricky due to different character
// sets and orderings for various languages and platforms.

function isAlphabetic (s)

{   var i;

    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isAlphabetic.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isAlphabetic.arguments[1] == true);

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-alphabetic character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is letter.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (!isLetter(c))
        return false;
    }

    // All characters are letters.
    return true;
}



// isAlphanumeric (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is English letters 
// (A .. Z, a..z) and numbers only.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.
//
// NOTE: Need i18n version to support European characters.
// This could be tricky due to different character
// sets and orderings for various languages and platforms.

function isAlphanumeric (s)

{   var i;

    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isAlphanumeric.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isAlphanumeric.arguments[1] == true);

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-alphanumeric character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number or letter.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (! (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c) ) )
        return false;
    }

    // All characters are numbers or letters.
    return true;
}



// reformat (TARGETSTRING, STRING, INTEGER, STRING, INTEGER ... )       
//
// Handy function for arbitrarily inserting formatting characters
// or delimiters of various kinds within TARGETSTRING.
//
// reformat takes one named argument, a string s, and any number
// of other arguments.  The other arguments must be integers or
// strings.  These other arguments specify how string s is to be
// reformatted and how and where other strings are to be inserted
// into it.
//
// reformat processes the other arguments in order one by one.
// * If the argument is an integer, reformat appends that number 
//   of sequential characters from s to the resultString.
// * If the argument is a string, reformat appends the string
//   to the resultString.
//
// NOTE: The first argument after TARGETSTRING must be a string.
// (It can be empty.)  The second argument must be an integer.
// Thereafter, integers and strings must alternate.  This is to
// provide backward compatibility to Navigator 2.0.2 JavaScript
// by avoiding use of the typeof operator.
//
// It is the caller's responsibility to make sure that we do not
// try to copy more characters from s than s.length.
//
// EXAMPLES:
//
// * To reformat a 10-digit U.S. phone number from "1234567890"
//   to "(123) 456-7890" make this function call:
//   reformat("1234567890", "(", 3, ") ", 3, "-", 4)
//
// * To reformat a 9-digit U.S. Social Security number from
//   "123456789" to "123-45-6789" make this function call:
//   reformat("123456789", "", 3, "-", 2, "-", 4)
//
// HINT:
//
// If you have a string which is already delimited in one way
// (example: a phone number delimited with spaces as "123 456 7890")
// and you want to delimit it in another way using function reformat,
// call function stripCharsNotInBag to remove the unwanted 
// characters, THEN call function reformat to delimit as desired.
//
// EXAMPLE:
//
// reformat (stripCharsNotInBag ("123 456 7890", digits),
//           "(", 3, ") ", 3, "-", 4)

function reformat (s)

{   var arg;
    var sPos = 0;
    var resultString = "";

    for (var i = 1; i < reformat.arguments.length; i++) {
       arg = reformat.arguments[i];
       if (i % 2 == 1) resultString += arg;
       else {
           resultString += s.substring(sPos, sPos + arg);
           sPos += arg;
       }
    }
    return resultString;
}

// isZIPCode (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isZIPCode returns true if string s is a valid 
// U.S. ZIP code.  Must be 5 or 9 digits only.
//
// NOTE: Strip out any delimiters (spaces, hyphens, etc.)
// from string s before calling this function.  
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isZIPCode (s)
{  if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isZIPCode.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isZIPCode.arguments[1] == true);
   return (isInteger(s) && 
            ((s.length == digitsInZIPCode1) ||
             (s.length == digitsInZIPCode2)))
}


// isEmail (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Email address must be of form a@b.c -- in other words:
// * there must be at least one character before the @
// * there must be at least one character before and after the .
// * the characters @ and . are both required
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isEmail (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isEmail.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isEmail.arguments[1] == true);
   
    // is s whitespace?
    if (isWhitespace(s)) return false;
    
    // there must be >= 1 character before @, so we
    // start looking at character position 1 
    // (i.e. second character)
    var i = 1;
    var sLength = s.length;

    // look for @
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "@"))
    { i++
    }

    if ((i >= sLength) || (s.charAt(i) != "@")) return false;
    else i += 2;

    // look for .
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "."))
    { i++
    }

    // there must be at least one character after the .
    if ((i >= sLength - 1) || (s.charAt(i) != ".")) return false;
    else return true;
}



// isYear (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isYear returns true if string s is a valid 
// Year number.  Must be 2 or 4 digits only.
// 
// For Year 2000 compliance, you are advised
// to use 4-digit year numbers everywhere.
//
// And yes, this function is not Year 10000 compliant, but 
// because I am giving you 8003 years of advance notice,
// I don't feel very guilty about this ...
//
// For B.C. compliance, write your own function. ;->
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isYear (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isYear.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isYear.arguments[1] == true);
    if (!isNonnegativeInteger(s)) return false;
    return ((s.length == 2) || (s.length == 4));
}


// isIntegerInRange (STRING s, INTEGER a, INTEGER b [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isIntegerInRange returns true if string s is an integer 
// within the range of integer arguments a and b, inclusive.
// 
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.


function isIntegerInRange (s, a, b)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isIntegerInRange.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isIntegerInRange.arguments[1] == true);

    // Catch non-integer strings to avoid creating a NaN below,
    // which isn't available on JavaScript 1.0 for Windows.
    if (!isInteger(s, false)) return false;

    // Now, explicitly change the type to integer via parseInt
    // so that the comparison code below will work both on 
    // JavaScript 1.2 (which typechecks in equality comparisons)
    // and JavaScript 1.1 and before (which doesn't).
     var num = s.valueOf();
    return ((num >= a) && (num <= b));
}


// isMonth (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isMonth returns true if string s is a valid 
// month number between 1 and 12.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isMonth (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isMonth.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isMonth.arguments[1] == true);
    return isIntegerInRange (s, 1, 12);
}


// isDay (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isDay returns true if string s is a valid 
// day number between 1 and 31.
// 
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function isDay (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isDay.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isDay.arguments[1] == true);   
    return isIntegerInRange (s, 1, 31);
}


// daysInFebruary (INTEGER year)
// 
// Given integer argument year,
// returns number of days in February of that year.

function daysInFebruary (year)
{   // February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (  ((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0) ) ) ? 29 : 28 );
}


// isDate (STRING year, STRING month, STRING day)
//
// isDate returns true if string arguments year, month, and day 
// form a valid date.
// 

function isDate (year, month, day)
{   // catch invalid years (not 2- or 4-digit) and invalid months and days.
    if (! (isYear(year, false) && isMonth(month, false) && isDay(day, false))) return false;

    // Explicitly change type to integer to make code work in both
    // JavaScript 1.1 and JavaScript 1.2.
    var intYear = parseInt(year,10);
    var intMonth = parseInt(month,10);
    var intDay = parseInt(day,10);

    // catch invalid days, except for February
    if (intDay > daysInMonth[intMonth]) return false; 

    if ((intMonth == 2) && (intDay > daysInFebruary(intYear))) return false;

    return true;
}



/* FUNCTIONS TO NOTIFY USER OF INPUT REQUIREMENTS OR MISTAKES. */

// Display prompt string s in status bar.

function prompt (s)
{   window.status = s
}

// Display data entry prompt string s in status bar.

function promptEntry (s)
{   window.status = pEntryPrompt + s
}

// Notify user that required field theField is empty.
// String s describes expected contents of theField.value.
// Put focus in theField and return false.

function warnEmpty (theField, s)
{   if (theField.disabled== true)
	{return true;}

    theField.focus();
    alert(mPrefix + s + mSuffix);
    return false;
}

// Notify user that contents of field theField are invalid.
// String s describes expected contents of theField.value.
// Put select theField, pu focus in it, and return false.

function warnInvalid (theField, s)
{   if (theField.disabled== true)
	{return true;}
		
	theField.focus();
	theField.select();
	alert(s);
    return false;
}


/* FUNCTIONS TO INTERACTIVELY CHECK VARIOUS FIELDS. */

// checkString (TEXTFIELD theField, STRING s, [, BOOLEAN emptyOK==false])
//
// Check that string theField.value is not all whitespace.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkString (theField, s, emptyOK)
{   // Next line is needed on NN3 to avoid "undefined is not a number" error
    // in equality comparison below.
    if (checkString.arguments.length == 2) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (isWhitespace(theField.value)) 
       return warnEmpty (theField, s);
    else return true;
}


// takes ZIPString, a string of 5 or 9 digits;
// if 9 digits, inserts separator hyphen

function reformatZIPCode (ZIPString)
{   if (ZIPString.length == 5) return ZIPString;
    else return (reformat (ZIPString, "", 5, "-", 4));
}


// checkZIPCode (TEXTFIELD theField [, BOOLEAN emptyOK==false])
//
// Check that string theField.value is a valid ZIP code.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkZIPCode (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkZIPCode.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    { var normalizedZIP = stripCharsInBag(theField.value, ZIPCodeDelimiters)
      if (!isZIPCode(normalizedZIP, false)) 
         return warnInvalid (theField, iZIPCode);
      else 
      {  // if you don't want to insert a hyphen, comment next line out
         theField.value = reformatZIPCode(normalizedZIP)
         return true;
      }
    }
}


// checkEmail (TEXTFIELD theField [, BOOLEAN emptyOK==false])
//
// Check that string theField.value is a valid Email.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkEmail (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkEmail.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else if (!isEmail(theField.value, false)) 
       return warnInvalid (theField, iEmail);
    else return true;
}



// Check that string theField.value is a valid Year.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkYear (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkYear.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isYear(theField.value, false)) 
       return warnInvalid (theField, iYear);
    else return true;
}


// Check that string theField.value is a valid Month.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkMonth (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkMonth.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isMonth(theField.value, false)) 
       return warnInvalid (theField, iMonth);
    else return true;
}


// Check that string theField.value is a valid Day.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

function checkDay (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkDay.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isDay(theField.value, false)) 
       return warnInvalid (theField, iDay);
    else return true;
}

function isValidPreviousDate(field,year,month,day)
{
	var intYear = parseInt(year,10);
	if (year.length==2) 
		if(intYear>=30)
			intYear=1900 + intYear;
		else
			intYear=2000 + intYear;
		
	var intMonth = parseInt(month,10) - 1;
	var intDay = parseInt(day,10);
	
	var enteredDate= new Date(intYear,intMonth,intDay);
	var currentDateObj= new Date();
	if (currentDateObj.valueOf() < enteredDate.valueOf()){
		alert("Date Entered is a Future Date!");
		field.focus();
	 	return false;
	}
	return true;

}

function checkDate (field, labelString, OKtoOmitDay, OKtoRestrictFuture)
{ 	var passedDate=field.value;
    if (checkDate.arguments.length == 2) {
	OKtoOmitDay = false;
	OKtoRestrictFuture=true;
	}
    if ( (OKtoOmitDay == true) && isEmpty(passedDate) ) return true;

    if(!isEmpty(passedDate)){
	var newDate=splitDate(passedDate);
	var year=newDate[2];
	var month=newDate[0];
	var day=newDate[1];

        if (!isYear(year)) return warnInvalid (field, iYear);
        if (!isMonth(month)) return warnInvalid (field, iMonth);
        if (!isDay(day)) return warnInvalid (field, iDay);
        if (isDate (year, month, day))
	   	if(OKtoRestrictFuture) 
			return isValidPreviousDate(field,year,month,day);
		else
			return true; 
        else {
            alert (iDatePrefix + labelString + iDateSuffix);
            return false;  }
    } else 
        return warnEmpty(field,"Date");
}
function checkTime(field,lableString,OKtoOmitTime)
{	var passedTime=field.value;
	if (checkTime.arguments.length == 2) OKtoOmitTime = false;
	if ( (OKtoOmitTime == true) && isEmpty(passedTime) ) return true;
	if (!isEmpty(passedTime)) {
		var newTime=splitTime(passedTime);
		var hh=newTime[0];
		var mm=newTime[1];
		var ss=newTime[2];

		if (!isHour(hh)) return warnInvalid(field,iHour);
		if (!isMinute(mm,true)) return warnInvalid(field,iMinute);
		if (!isSecond(ss,true)) return warnInvalid(field,iSecond);
		return true;
	} else
		return warnEmpty(field,"Time");
}
function checkDateString(passedDate)
{ 
      if(!isEmpty(passedDate)){
	var newDate=splitDate(passedDate);
	var year=newDate[2];
	var month=newDate[1];
	var day=newDate[0];

        if (!isYear(year)) return false;
        if (!isMonth(month)) return false;
        if (!isDay(day)) return false;
        if (isDate (year, month, day)) 
	   return true; 
        else {
            return false;  }
    } else 
	return false;
}
function splitDate(s){
	var i;
	var delimeter ="";
	for(i=0; i<DateDelimiters.length;i++){
		var c=DateDelimiters.charAt(i);
		if (s.indexOf(c) != -1)	{
			delimeter+=c;
			break;
		}//if
	}//for
	var newstr=s.split(delimeter);
	return newstr;
}

function splitTime(s){
	var i;
	var delimeter;
	if(s.indexOf(":") != -1) 
		delimeter =":";
	else if(s.indexOf(".") != -1)
		delimeter =".";
	var copyStr=s;
	var newstr= new Array("0","0","0");
	if(!isEmpty(s)){
		s=stripCharsInBag(s,"aApPmM ");
		newstr=s.split(delimeter);
		if (copyStr.toUpperCase().indexOf("P") != -1)
			newstr[0]=(parseInt(newstr[0],10) + 12).toString();
		if(newstr.length<3) newstr[2]="0";
	}
	return newstr;
}

function isHour (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isHour.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
     	else return (isHour.arguments[1] == true);
    if (!isNonnegativeInteger(s)) return false;
    return ((parseInt(s,10) >=0) && (parseInt(s,10) <= 24));
}
function isMinute (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isMinute.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isMinute.arguments[1] == true);
    if (!isNonnegativeInteger(s)) return false;
    return ((parseInt(s,10) >=0) && (parseInt(s,10) <= 60));
}
function isSecond (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isSecond.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isSecond.arguments[1] == true);
    if (!isNonnegativeInteger(s)) return false;
    return ((parseInt(s,10) >=0) && (parseInt(s,10) <= 60));
}

function confirmUser(){
	return confirm("The changes once saved can not be altered. \nAre you Sure you want to save?");
}

function checkComboSelected(combofield){
	if (combofield.selectedIndex == 0)
	{	combofield.focus();
		alert("Data from DropDown not selected");
		return false;
	}
else 
	return true;
}

function checkPosInt(theField,str,OKtoOmit){
	if (arguments.length==2) OKtoOmit=defaultEmptyOK;
	if ( (OKtoOmit == true)  && isEmpty(theField.value) ) return true;
	if (!isPositiveInteger(theField.value))
		return warnInvalid(theField,str);
	else
		return true;

}

function checkNumeric(theField,str,OKtoOmit){
	if (arguments.length==2) OKtoOmit=defaultEmptyOK;
	if ( (OKtoOmit == true)  && isEmpty(theField.value) ) return true;
	if (!isSignedFloat(theField.value))
		return warnInvalid(theField,str);
	else
		return true;

}

function checkCurrency(theField,str, OKtoOmit){
	if (checkCurrency.arguments.length == 2) OKtoOmit= false;
	if ( (OKtoOmit == true) && isEmpty(theField.value) ) return true;
if (!isEmpty(theField.value)) {
	var s = stripInitialWhitespace(theField.value);
	theField.value = s;
	var first = s.substring(0,1);
	if ( first=="$" || first=="?" )
		s = s.substring(1);
	if (!isSignedFloat(s))
		return warnInvalid(theField,str);
	else
		return true;
	}
else
	return warnEmpty(theField,str);

}

// Returns True if passedDate1 and passedTime1 are greater than passedDate2 and passedTime2
function compareDates(passedDate1,passedTime1,passedDate2,passedTime2){
if(!isEmpty(passedDate1)){
	var date1=splitDate(passedDate1);
	var time1=splitTime(passedTime1);
	
	var date1dd = parseInt(date1[0],10);
	var date1mm = parseInt(date1[1],10) -1;
	var date1yy = parseInt(date1[2],10);
	
	var time1hh = parseInt(time1[0],10);
	var time1nn = parseInt(time1[1],10);
	var time1ss = parseInt(time1[2],10);
	
	var objDate1=new Date(date1yy,date1mm,date1dd,time1hh,time1nn,time1ss);

	if(!isEmpty(passedDate2)){
		var date2=splitDate(passedDate2);
		var time2=splitTime(passedTime2);

		var date2dd=parseInt(date2[0],10);
		var date2mm=parseInt(date2[1],10) - 1;
		var date2yy=parseInt(date2[2],10);
	
		var time2hh=parseInt(time2[0],10);
		var time2nn=parseInt(time2[1],10);
		var time2ss=parseInt(time2[2],10);
	
		var objDate2=new Date(date2yy,date2mm,date2dd,time2hh,time2nn,time2ss);
		if(objDate1.valueOf() > objDate2.valueOf())
			return true;
	}
	else
		return true;
}
return false;
}

function parseDate(DateStr)
{
	var returnDate;
	
	if ( DateStr.length >= 6 ) {
		var s = DateStr.split(" ");
		var sDate = splitDate(s[0]); //s[0].split("/");
		var sTime = new Array("00", "00", "00");
		if ( s.length>1 )
			sTime = splitTime(s[1]);

		if ( sDate[2].length<=2) sDate[2] = "20" + sDate[2]; // Default to 21st Centuary!
		returnDate = new Date( parseInt(sDate[2],10), parseInt(sDate[1],10)-1, parseInt(sDate[0],10), parseInt(sTime[0],10), parseInt(sTime[1],10), 0);
	}
	
	return returnDate;
}

function replaceHTMLTokens(strStart) 
{
	var aPairs = new Array( new Array("&gt;", ">"), 
								new Array("&lt;", "<"),
								new Array("&quot;", "\""),
								new Array("&amp;", "&") );
	var strResult = strStart;
									
	for ( var i=0; i<aPairs.length; i++ )
	{
		var pair = aPairs[i];
		var re=new RegExp(pair[0],"g");
		strResult = strResult.replace( re, pair[1] );
	}	
	return strResult;
}

function WarnUnspecified(e)
{
	var strError = 'An unspecified error has occurred';
	alert(strError);
	return false;	
}
String.prototype.trim = function()
{
    // Use a regular expression to replace leading and trailing 
    // spaces with the empty string
    return this.replace(/(^\s*)|(\s*$)/g, "");
}

function checkDateMMDDYYYY (field, labelString, OKtoOmitDay, OKtoRestrictFuture)
{ 	var passedDate=field.value;
    if (checkDate.arguments.length == 2) {
	OKtoOmitDay = false;
	OKtoRestrictFuture=true;
	}
    if ( (OKtoOmitDay == true) && isEmpty(passedDate) ) return true;

    if(!isEmpty(passedDate)){
	var newDate=splitDate(passedDate);
	var year=newDate[2];
	var month=newDate[0];
	var day=newDate[1];

        if (!isYear(year)) return warnInvalid (field, iYear);
        if (!isMonth(month)) return warnInvalid (field, iMonth);
        if (!isDay(day)) return warnInvalid (field, iDay);
        if (isDate (year, month, day))
	   	if(OKtoRestrictFuture) 
			return isValidPreviousDate(field,year,month,day);
		else
			return true; 
        else {
            alert (iDatePrefix + labelString + iDateSuffix);
            return false;  }
    } else 
        return warnEmpty(field,"Date");
}

function DelHTML(HTMLWord)
{//To remove the HTML Tages from the Text
a = HTMLWord.indexOf("<");
b = HTMLWord.indexOf(">");

HTMLlen = HTMLWord.length;

c = HTMLWord.substring(0, a);

if(b == -1)
b = a;

d = HTMLWord.substring((b + 1), HTMLlen);

Word = c + d;

tmp = Word.indexOf("<");

if(tmp != -1)
Word = DelHTML(Word);

return Word;
}

function TrimString(sInString) {
  sInString = sInString.replace( /^\s+/g, "" );// strip leading
  return sInString.replace( /\s+$/g, "" );// strip trailing
}