var bValid; //give global scope

function submithandle(f)
{
    bValid =true; //initilize - assume form is valid		
    for (var i=0; i<= f.elements.length-1;i++)//	Check all fields begining with '*'
    {
        if(f.elements[i].name.substring(0,1)=='*')
        {
            CheckSpecified(f.elements[f.elements[i].name], "Warning\n==================\nA Required Field was not entered.\nPlease return and fix.");					
        }
    }
    
    //JR: Spam Check
    var sCheck = document.getElementById("SFil");
    if(sCheck)
    {
        if(sCheck.value != "")
        {
            alert("A spam attempt may have been detected. Please re-set your form.");
            return false;
        }
    }
    
    return bValid;
}
	
function CheckSpecified(oinpt, strMsg)
{	
	var strFieldValue = getValue(oinpt);	
	if (strFieldValue == "")
		{
			if (bValid) 
				{
					alert(strMsg)
					bValid = false
				}
		}
	}

function CheckPositive(oinpt, strMsg)
{		
		var val =  replaceChars(getValue(oinpt),',','');
		var temp = oinpt.value;
		if (val.indexOf('$')==0)
			{
				val = val.substring(1,val.length)	
			}			
		if(val.length!=0)
			{
			if(isNaN(val) || val < 1)
				{				
					oinpt.value="";
				}						
				CheckSpecified(oinpt,strMsg);
				oinpt.value= temp;										
			}
		return bValid;			
}


function CheckNumeric(oinpt,strMsg)
	{
		
		var val =  replaceChars(getValue(oinpt),',','');
		var temp = oinpt.value;
		if (val.indexOf('$')==0)
			{
				val = val.substring(1,val.length)	
			}

			
		if(val.length!=0)
			{
			if(isNaN(val))
				{				
					oinpt.value="";
				}						
				CheckSpecified(oinpt,strMsg);
				oinpt.value= temp;						
				
			}
		return bValid;			
	}


	
function CheckDate(oinpt,fieldLabel)
{
  var result = true;  
   if (result)
   {
		var elems = oinpt.value.split("/");     
		result = (elems.length == 3); // should be three components     
		if (result)
		{
		  var month = parseFloat(elems[0]);
		   var day = parseFloat(elems[1]);
		  var year = parseFloat(elems[2]);
		 result = !isNaN(month) && (month > 0) && (month < 13) &&
		       !isNaN(day) && (day > 0) && (day < 32) &&
		       !isNaN(year) && (elems[2].length == 4 || elems[2].length == 2 );
		}
     
		 if (!result)
		{
			var temp = oinpt.value				
			oinpt.value="";				
			CheckSpecified(oinpt,'Please enter a date in the format MM/DD/YYYY for the '  + fieldLabel + '.');
			oinpt.value= temp;									
		}
return result;			
	} 
  
}

function CheckEmail(oinpt,strMsg)
{
  var result = validateemail_nonrequired(oinpt.value); 
		 
		 if (!result)
		{
			var temp = oinpt.value				
			oinpt.value="";				
			CheckSpecified(oinpt,strMsg);
			oinpt.value= temp;									
		}

}





function getValue(oinpt)
	{	
		var val = "";
		var type;
		
		if (oinpt.type)
		{		
			type = oinpt.type;
		}
		else
		{
			type  = oinpt[0].type;			
		}
		
		if ( (type== 'radio' ||type== 'checkbox') )
			{
				for(var i = 0;i <= oinpt.length -1 ;i++)
					{							
						if(oinpt[i].checked )
							{
							val = oinpt[i].value;								
							}
					}						
			}				
		
		else if (type.indexOf('select') != -1){													
					val = "";
					if (oinpt.selectedIndex!=-1){
					val = oinpt.options[oinpt.selectedIndex].value;			
					}
				}
		else{				
				val = oinpt.value;				
				}
		return val;
			
	}




//Validation functions 
function validateemail_required(email) 
			{
				// IF There is a '.' in it  AND   the dot comes after the @ symbol  AND    there is an @ symbol and it is not the first character(indexOf returns 0 if not in string)
				if ((email.indexOf('.') != -1 && email.lastIndexOf('.') > email.indexOf('@')) && email.indexOf('@') > 0 )
				{		
					return true;						
				}	
				else
				{			
					return false;				
				}
			
			}
			
function validateemail_nonrequired(email) 
	{
		email = Trim(email)
		if (email != '')		
			{ //only validate if not blank
		// IF There is a '.' in it  AND   the dot comes after the @ symbol  AND    there is an @ symbol and it is not the first character(indexOf returns 0 if not in string)			
			if ((email.indexOf('.') != -1 && email.lastIndexOf('.') > email.indexOf('@')) && email.indexOf('@') > 0 )
				{		
					return true;						
				}	
					else
				{		
					
					return false;				
				}
			}
		else
			{
				return true;						
			}
	}
	
////String Handling functions
function replaceChars(entry,out,add) {
	var temp = "" + entry; // temporary holder
		while (temp.indexOf(out)>-1) {
			pos= temp.indexOf(out);
			temp = "" + (temp.substring(0, pos) + add + 
			temp.substring((pos + out.length), temp.length));
	}
	return temp;
}




function LTrim(str)
{
        var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

        var s = new String(str);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {
            // We have a string with leading blank(s)...

            var j=0, i = s.length;

            // Iterate from the far left of string until we
            // don't have any more whitespace...
            while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
                j++;


            // Get the substring from the first non-whitespace
            // character to the end of the string...
            s = s.substring(j, i);
        }

        return s;
}

function RTrim(str)

{
        // We don't want to trip JUST spaces, but also tabs,
        // line feeds, etc.  Add anything else you want to
        // "trim" here in Whitespace
        var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

        var s = new String(str);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
            // We have a string with trailing blank(s)...

            var i = s.length - 1;       // Get length of string

            // Iterate from the far right of string until we
            // don't have any more whitespace...
            while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
                i--;


            // Get the substring from the front of the string to
            // where the last non-whitespace character is...
            s = s.substring(0, i+1);
        }

        return s;
}





        function Trim(str)
        {
                return RTrim(LTrim(str));
        }

function UpdateMallUser(newVal){if (document.frm){document.frm.MALLUSER.value=newVal}}