function validRequired(formField,fieldLabel)
{
	var result = true;
	
	if (formField.value == "")
	{
		alert('Please enter a value for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
	
	return result;
}

function allDigits(str)
{
	return inValidCharSet(str,"0123456789");
}

function inValidCharSet(str,charset)
{
	var result = true;

	// Note: doesn't use regular expressions to avoid early Mac browser bugs	
	for (var i=0;i<str.length;i++)
		if (charset.indexOf(str.substr(i,1))<0)
		{
			result = false;
			break;
		}
	
	return result;
}

function isEmailAddr(email)
{
  var result = false;
  var theStr = new String(email);
  var index = theStr.indexOf("@");
  if (index > 0)
  {
    var pindex = theStr.indexOf(".",index);
    if ((pindex > index+1) && (theStr.length > pindex+1))
	result = true;
  }
  return result;
}

function validEmail(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;
	
	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;

	if (result && ((formField.value.length < 3) || !isEmailAddr(formField.value)) )
	{
		alert("Please enter a complete email address in the form: yourname@yourdomain.com");
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
   
  return result;

}

function validNum(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;

	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;
  
 	if (result)
 	{
 		if (!allDigits(formField.value))
 		{
 			alert('Please enter a number for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
			formField.focus();		
			result = false;
		}
	} 
	
	return result;
}

function validInt(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;

	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;
  
 	if (result)
 	{
 		var num = parseInt(formField.value,10);
 		if (isNaN(num))
 		{
 			alert('Please enter a number for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
			formField.focus();		
			result = false;
		}
	} 
	
	return result;
}
//**********************************************************************************************************
//function to check if a valid selection has been made from a select list box
//************************************************************************************************************
function validSelect(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result=true
	if(required && formField.selectedIndex==0){
		alert('Please select a "'+ fieldLabel + '" field' );
		formField.focus();		
		result = false;
	}
	return result
}

function validDate(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;

	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;
  
 	if (result)
 	{
 		var elems = formField.value.split("/");
 		
 		result = (elems.length == 3); // should be three components
 		
 		if (result)
 		{
 			var month = parseInt(elems[0],10);
  			var day = parseInt(elems[1],10);
 			var year = parseInt(elems[2],10);
			result = allDigits(elems[0]) && (month > 0) && (month < 13) &&
					 allDigits(elems[1]) && (day > 0) && (day < 32) &&
					 allDigits(elems[2]) && ((elems[2].length == 2) || (elems[2].length == 4));
 		}
 		
  		if (!result)
 		{
 			alert('Please enter a date in the format MM/DD/YYYY for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
			formField.focus();		
		}
	} 
	
	return result;
}


function isEmailAddr(email)
{
  var result = false;
  var theStr = new String(email);
  var index = theStr.indexOf("@");
  if (index > 0)
  {
    var pindex = theStr.indexOf(".",index);
    if ((pindex > index+1) && (theStr.length > pindex+1))
	result = true;
  }
  return result;
}

function validEmail(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;
	
	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;

	if (result && ((formField.value.length < 3) || !isEmailAddr(formField.value)) )
	{
		alert("Please enter a complete email address in the form: yourname@yourdomain.com");
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
   
  return result;

}

function checkStringLength(formField,fieldLabel,len)
{
	var result=true;
	if (formField.value.length>=len)
	{
		alert('Please enter upto ' + len + ' characters in "' + fieldLabel + '"');
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
	return result;
}

function rdoChecked(formField,fieldLabel)
{
	var result = true;
	
	for (i=0;i<formField.length;i++)
	{
		if (formField[i].checked)
		{
			result = true;
			break;
		}
		else
		{
			result = false;
		}	
	}
	if (result == false)
	{
		alert('Please select a value for "' + fieldLabel +'".');
		formField[0].focus();
	}
	return result;
}

function chkChecked(formField,fieldLabel)
{
	var result=true;
	if(!formField.checked)
	{
		alert('Please select a value for "' + fieldLabel + '"');
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
	return result;
}


function IsValidText(formField,AlertLabel)
{
	if (!isNaN(formField.value))
	{
		alert("Please Enter Valid text for "+ AlertLabel);
		formField.focus();
		result=false;
	}
	else
	{
	 	result=true;
	}
	 return result;

}


/* Sample 
function validateForm(theForm)
{
	// Customize these calls for your form

	// Start ------->
	if (!validRequired(theForm.fullname,"Name"))
		return false;

	if (!validEmail(theForm.email,"Email Address",true))
		return false;

	if (!validDate(theForm.available,"Date Available",true))
		return false;

	if (!validNum(theForm.yearsexperience,"Years Experience",true))
		return false;
	// <--------- End
	
	return true;
}
*/

/**
 * DHTML date validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
var dtCh= "/";
var minYear=1900;
var maxYear=2100;

function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

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++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

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 );
}
function DaysArray(n) {
	for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 31
		if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
		if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
   } 
   return this
}

function isDate(dtStr){
	var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
	strYr=strYear
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth)
	day=parseInt(strDay)
	year=parseInt(strYr)
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy")
		return false
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		alert("Please enter a valid month")
		return false
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		alert("Please enter a valid day")
		return false
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear)
		return false
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		alert("Please enter a valid date")
		return false
	}
return true
}

/* end of date validating function */


/* Function to compare two dates */
function compareDates (value1, value2) {
   var date1, date2;
   var month1, month2;
   var year1, year2;

   month1 = parseInt(value1.substring (0, value1.indexOf ("/")));
   date1 = parseInt(value1.substring (value1.indexOf ("/")+1, value1.lastIndexOf ("/")));
   year1 = parseInt(value1.substring (value1.lastIndexOf ("/")+1, value1.length));

   month2 = parseInt(value2.substring (0, value2.indexOf ("/")));
   date2 = parseInt(value2.substring (value2.indexOf ("/")+1, value2.lastIndexOf ("/")));
   year2 = parseInt(value2.substring (value2.lastIndexOf ("/")+1, value2.length));

/*
0 - dates are equal
1 - date1 greater than date2
-1 - date1 lesser than date2
*/

   if (year1 > year2) return 1;
   else if (year1 < year2) return -1;
   else if (month1 > month2) return 1;
   else if (month1 < month2) return -1;
   else if (date1 > date2) return 1;
   else if (date1 < date2) return -1;
   else return 0;
}