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

function CheckFields()
{
		if (trim(document.frmLogin.UserName.value)=="")
		{
			alert ("Please enter a User Name.");
			document.frmLogin.UserName.focus();
			return false;
		}

		if (trim(document.frmLogin.Password.value)=="")
		{
			alert ("Please enter a Password.");
			document.frmLogin.Password.focus();
			return false;
		}	

		return true;	
}

function emailCheck (emailStr) {
/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
   from the domain. */
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
   is a legal e-mail address. */
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
   non-special characters.) */
var atom=validChars + '+'
/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")


/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
   valid. */

/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
if (matchArray==null) {
  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
	alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s) ")
	return false
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]

// See if "user" is valid 
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
    alert("The username in the email is invalid.")
    return false
}

/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
    // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}

// Domain is symbolic name
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
   the domain or country. */

/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
   it consists of. */
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
   alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
   return false
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
   alert(errStr)
   return false
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}
//End Email valid
	
	function isValidDate(dateStr) {
// Checks for the following valid date formats:
// MM/DD/YYYY 

	var datePat = /^(\d{1,2})(\/)(\d{1,2})\2(\d{4})$/;

	var matchArray = dateStr.match(datePat); // is the format ok?
	if (matchArray == null) {
	alert("Date is not in a valid format.")
	return false;
	}
	month = matchArray[1]; // parse date into variables
	day = matchArray[3];
	year = matchArray[4];
	if (month < 1 || month > 12) { // check month range
	alert("Month must be between 1 and 12.");
	return false;
	}
	if (day < 1 || day > 31) {
	alert("Day must be between 1 and 31.");
	return false;
	}
	if ((month==4 || month==6 || month==9 || month==11) && day==31) {
	alert("Month "+month+" doesn't have 31 days!")
	return false
	}
	// check for february 29th
	if (month == 2) { 
	var isleap = (year % 4 == 0 && (year % 100 != 0 || year % 400 == 0));
		if (day>29 || (day==29 && !isleap)) {
		alert("February " + year + " doesn't have " + day + " days!");
		return false;
   		}
	}
	// date is valid
return true;  
}

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;
}