//***********************************
//VALIDATE ONLY NUMBERS IN THE FIELD.
//***********************************
function validateNumeric(field,fieldname) {
   var valid = "0123456789-.()+ "
   var ok = "yes";
   var temp;
	for (var i=0; i<field.value.length; i++) {
		temp = "" + field.value.substring(i, i+1);
		if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") ok = "no";
	}
	if (ok == "no") {
		alert("Please enter only numbers in the " + fieldname + " field.");
		return false;
	}
}

//**********************************
//VALIDATE BIRTHDAY FORMAT.
// checks if date passed is in valid dd/mm/yyyy format
//**********************************
function y2k(number) { return (number < 1000) ? number + 1900 : number; }

var reason = '';

function isValidDate (myDate,sep) {
// checks if date passed is in valid dd/mm/yyyy format

	if (myDate.length == 10) {
		if (myDate.substring(2,3) == sep && myDate.substring(5,6) == sep) {
			var month  = myDate.substring(0,2);
			var date = myDate.substring(3,5);
			var year  = myDate.substring(6,10);

			var test = new Date(year,month-1,date);

			if (year == y2k(test.getYear()) && (month-1 == test.getMonth()) && (date == test.getDate())) {
				reason = '';
				return true;
			}
			else {
				alert('The date of birth is an invalid date.');
				return false;
			}
		}
		else {
			alert('Please separate date of birth with "/".');
			return false;
		}
	}
	else {
		alert('Invalid date of birth length.');
		return false;
	}
}

//********Trim String********//
function trimAll(sString) 
{
	while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' ')
	{
	sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
	}
	while (sString.substring(sString.length-1, sString.length) == ' ')
	{
	sString = sString.substring(0,sString.length-1);
	}
	return sString;
}

//********E-MAIL CHECK********//

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("Please check your e-mail address. The e-mail address name doesn't seem to be valid.")
	    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("Please check your e-mail address. The destination IP address is invalid!")
			return false
		    }
	    }
	    return true
	}

	// Domain is symbolic name
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
	if (domainArray==null) {
		alert("Please check your e-mail address. The e-mail 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>5) {
	   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
	   //20 Sep. 2004 - made it accept .name e-mail addresses.
	   alert("The e-mail address must end in a three or four letter domain, or two letter country.")
	   return false
	}

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

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}