function chk_email(str) {
  // are regular expressions supported?
  var supported = 0;
  if (window.RegExp) {
    var tempStr = "a";
    var tempReg = new RegExp(tempStr);
    if (tempReg.test(tempStr)) supported = 1;
  }
  if (!supported)
    return (str.indexOf(".") > 2) && (str.indexOf("@") > 0);
  var r1 = new RegExp("(@.*@)|(\\.\\.)|(@\\.)|(^\\.)");
  var r2 = new RegExp("^.+\\@(\\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)$");
  return (!r1.test(str) && r2.test(str));
} // eof check email
/****/
function chk_length(a) {
        var charpos = a.search("[^A-Za-z0-9]");
  if(a.length<4) {
    alert_msg = " must contain 4 or more characters.";
        return false;
  }
  else if(a.length>20) {
    alert_msg = " must not contain more than 20 characters.";
        return false;
        }
  else if(a.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0)
        {
          alert_msg = ": Only alphanumeric characters allowed ";
      return false;
   }//if
  else {
    return true;
  }

} // eof chk_length

/****/

/**
 * DHTML date validation script for dd/mm/yyyy. 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 strDay=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
        var strMonth=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 : dd/mm/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
}

function ValidateDate(dt){
        if (isDate(dt)==false){
                return false
        }
    return true
 }

/****/

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

// stuff for text counter in textarea fields
function count_change(txt, button, bound)
{
    if(txt){
        Msg = txt.value;
        Msglen= Msg.length;
        if (Msglen > bound ) txt.value=Msg.substring(0,bound);
            button.value = (bound - txt.value.length);
    }
}


function info_message(txt, bound)
{
    alert(
        'Characters left: '+ ( bound - txt.value.length )
    );
}