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 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 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 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 trim(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function