function checkEmailFormat(email) {
	if (_is_email(email)) {
		return true;
	} else {
		alert(email + " Please check email format");
	}
}		


function TrimValue(x)
{
	while(''+x.charAt(0)==' ')
	{x=x.substring(1,x.length);}
	return x
}
function _is_required(obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 Ensures that incoming value is not blank
	*/
	if(obj.length == 0){
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function _is_numeric(obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
		Ensures that incoming value is numeric
	*/
	if(isNaN(obj) || obj.length == 0){
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function _is_range(low, high, obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 Ensures that incoming value is with in specific range
	*/
	if(obj < low || obj > high){
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function _is_email(S){
	//alert(S);
   /* create Regex pattern */	
   var RE_eMail = /[\w.]+@[\w.]+\.\w+/;

   /* check email against regex pattern */	
   if (RE_eMail.test(S)){
   	//email is properly formatted
	return true;
   } else {
	//bad email address
	_errorMsg += '- Invalid Email Address\n';
	return false;
   }	
	
	
}

function _is_phone(obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
		Ensures that incoming value is consistant with "555-555-1234"
	*/
	return /[0-9]{3}\-[0-9]{3}-[0-9]{4}$/.test(obj)
}

function _is_multi_phone(obj1, obj2, obj3){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String, String, String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
		takes the values of 3 text boxes and ensures that 
		they are consistant with a phone number.
		obj1 = area code
		obj2 = prefix
		obj3 = last 4 digits
	*/
	if(!_is_numeric(obj1)){return false;}
	if(!_is_numeric(obj2)){return false;}
	if(!_is_numeric(obj3)){return false;}
	if(!_is_range(111,999,obj1)){return false;}
	if(!_is_range(111,999,obj2)){return false;}
	if(!_is_range(0,9999,obj3)){return false;}
	return _is_phone(obj1 + "-" + obj2 + "-" + obj3);
}

function _is_ssn(obj){
	return /[0-9]{3}\-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}$/.test(obj)
}

function _alpha_only(obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 	Ensures that incoming value is alpha characters only
	*/
	return /[A-Za-z][A-Za-z]*$/.test(obj)
}

function _is_variable(obj){
	/*
	Parameters:
		String
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 	Ensures that incoming value is alpha characters only
	*/
	return /[A-Za-z][A-Za-z0-9_]*$/.test(obj)
}

function _is_day(in_year, in_month, in_day){
	/* Ripped From Macromedia's Cold Fusion (CFFORM) */
	/*
	Parameters:
		int, int, int
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 	validates that number of days in month match the maximum 
		amount of days in that month
	*/
	maxDay = 31;
	if (in_month == 4 || in_month == 6 || in_month == 9 || in_month == 11){
		maxDay = 30;
	}else{
		if (in_month == 2){
			if(in_year % 4 > 0){
				maxDay =28;
			}else{
				if(in_year % 100 == 0 && in_year % 400 > 0){
					maxDay = 28;
				}else{
					maxDay = 29;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return _is_range(1, maxDay, in_day);
}

function _is_date(obj){
	/* Ripped From Macromedia's Cold Fusion (CFFORM) */
	/*
	Parameters:
		string
	Returns:
		boolean
	Purpose:
	 	ensures value is a valid date:
			mm/dd/yyyy
			 mm/d/yyyy
			 m/dd/yyyy
			  m/d/yyyy
			  mm/dd/yy
			   mm/d/yy
			   m/dd/yy
			    m/d/yy
		  				
	*/
	dSplit = obj.indexOf('/');
	if(dSplit == -1 || dSplit == obj.length){
		return false
	}

	dMonth = obj.substring(0, dSplit);
	if(dMonth == 0){
		return false;
	}

	dSplit = obj.indexOf('/', (dSplit + 1));
	if(dSplit == -1 || (dSplit  + 1) == obj.length){
		return false;
	}
	
	dDay = obj.substring((dMonth.length + 1), dSplit);
	if(dDay.length == 0){
		return false;
	}
	
	dYear = obj.substring(dSplit + 1);
	if (dYear.length < 4)
		return false;
	if(!_is_numeric(dMonth)){
		return false;
	}else{
		if(!_is_range(1, 12, dMonth)){
			return false;
		}else{
			if(!_is_numeric(dYear)){
				return false;
			}else{
				if(!_is_range(0, 9999, dYear)){
					return false;
				}else{
					if(!_is_numeric(dDay)){
						return false;
					}else{
						if(!_is_day(dYear, dMonth, dDay)){
							return false;
						}else{
							return true;
						}
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
}

function checkAll(fld,checkfld)
{
	if (typeof(checkfld) != "undefined")
	{
		for (i = 0; i < checkfld.length; i++) 
		{checkfld[i].checked = fld.checked;}	
	}
}
function checkAllChecked(obj,fld,checkfld)
{
	var count = 0
	for (i = 0; i < checkfld.length; i++) 
	{if (checkfld[i].checked == true){count = count+1;}}
	if (checkfld.length == count){fld.checked = true}
	else {fld.checked = false}
}

function validate_frm_by_id(requiredFields,requiredFieldMsgs)
{	
	var errorMsg = ''; 

	var browser = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

	var doNextCheck = true;
	var otherField = new Array();

	if (browser.indexOf('gecko/') >=0 && browser.indexOf('netscape') == -1) 
	{reqExists = false;}
	else if (browser.indexOf('firefox') >=0) 
	{reqExists = false;}
	if (browser.indexOf('gecko') >=0 && browser.indexOf('netscape') >= 0) 
	{reqExists = false;}


	requiredFieldsList = requiredFields.split(',');
	requiredFieldsMessageList = requiredFieldMsgs.split(',');
	var reqFlds = '';
	var reqFldMsgs = '';
	
	for (var i = 0; i < requiredFieldsList.length; i++){
		var fields = DWRUtil.getValue(requiredFieldsList[i])
		if (fields.length > 0) {
			reqFlds = reqFlds + '~' + fields
			reqFldMsgs = reqFldMsgs +'~' + DWRUtil.getValue(requiredFieldsMessageList[i]);
		}
	}
		flds = reqFlds.split('~');
		msgs = reqFldMsgs.split('~');
		for (var i = 1; i < flds.length; i++) 
		{
			fldValue = DWRUtil.getValue(flds[i])
			//alert(flds[i] +' - '+ fldValue);
			if(TrimValue(fldValue)==''){
				errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
				DWRUtil.toggleDivBox(flds[i]+'_error',1);
			}
			else if (flds[i] == 'email'){
				if (!_is_email(fldValue)){
					errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ 'Valid Email Address';
					DWRUtil.toggleDivBox(flds[i]+'_error',1);
				}
			}
			else {
				DWRUtil.toggleDivBox(flds[i]+'_error',0);
			}
		}

	//errorMsg = doAddValidation(obj,errorMsg);
	
	if (errorMsg != "") {
		errorMsg ="_____________________________\n" + "You failed to correctly fill in your:\n_____________________________\n\n" + 
		errorMsg + "\n\n_____________________________" + "\n Please re-enter and submit again!";
		alert(errorMsg);
		//alert('The Following problems were encountered when processing your submission\n\n * Blank Fields - Some required fields are blank. \n *Invalid Email - The email address does not appear to be valid. \n * Invalid Date - The date does not appear to be valid. \n\n Please scroll down to correct the problems and submit the form again, \nor contact us if problem presists.'); //PFW Webmaster(pfwwebmaster.patriots.com)
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function doAddValidation(obj,errorMsg, fldName){
		var validated = false;
		
		/* check for email fields */
		if ('undefined' != typeof(obj.emailFields)){
			reqFlds = obj.emailFields.value;
			reqFldMsgs = obj.emailFieldMsgs.value;
			msgs = reqFldMsgs.split('~');
			flds = reqFlds.split('~');
			for (i = 0; i < flds.length; i++) 
			{
				if (fldName == flds[i]){
					validated = true;
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_email(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					else
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
				else if ('undefined' != typeof(eval('obj.'+flds[i]))){
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_email(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
						//toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
			}
		}

		/* check for number fields */
		if ('undefined' != typeof(obj.numberFields)){
			reqFlds = obj.numberFields.value;
			reqFldMsgs = obj.numberFieldMsgs.value;
			msgs = reqFldMsgs.split('~');
			flds = reqFlds.split('~');
			for (i = 0; i < flds.length; i++) 
			{
				if (fldName == flds[i] && !validated){
					validated = true;
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_numeric(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
						//toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
				else if ('undefined' != typeof(eval('obj.'+flds[i]))){
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_numeric(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
						//toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
			}
		}

		/* check for phone fields */
		if ('undefined' != typeof(obj.phoneFields)){
			reqFlds = obj.phoneFields.value;
			reqFldMsgs = obj.phoneFieldMsgs.value;
			msgs = reqFldMsgs.split('~');
			flds = reqFlds.split('~');
			for (i = 0; i < flds.length; i++) 
			{
				if (fldName == flds[i] && !validated){
					validated = true;
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_phone(fldValue))){
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
					}
					else
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
				else if ('undefined' != typeof(eval('obj.'+flds[i]))){
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_phone(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
					//	toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
			}
		}

		/* check for date fields */		
		if ('undefined' != typeof(obj.dateFields)){
			reqFlds = obj.dateFields.value;
			reqFldMsgs = obj.dateFieldMsgs.value;
			msgs = reqFldMsgs.split('~');
			flds = reqFlds.split('~');
			for (i = 0; i < flds.length; i++) 
			{
				if (fldName == flds[i] && !validated){
					validated = true;
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_date(fldValue))){
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
						//toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
				else if ('undefined' != typeof(eval('obj.'+flds[i]))){
					fldValue = eval('obj.'+flds[i]+'.value');
					if(TrimValue(fldValue)!='' && !(_is_date(fldValue))) {
						errorMsg = errorMsg +'\n'+ msgs[i];
						toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',1);
					}
					//else
					//	toggleDiv(flds[i]+'_error',0);
				}
			}
		}
	return errorMsg;
}