var defaultEmptyOK = false

//Validation routines adapted from those available at http://developer.netscape.com/docs/examples/javascript/formval/overview.html

function isEmpty(s)
// Check whether string s is empty.
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}

function isLetter (c)
// Returns true if character c is an English letter 
// (A .. Z, a..z).
//
// NOTE: Need i18n version to support European characters.
// This could be tricky due to different character
// sets and orderings for various languages and platforms.

{   return ( ((c >= "a") && (c <= "z")) || ((c >= "A") && (c <= "Z")) )
}

function isDigit (c)
// Returns true if character c is a digit 
// (0 .. 9).
{   return ((c >= "0") && (c <= "9"))
}

function isLetterOrDigit (c)
// Returns true if character c is a letter or digit.
{   return (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c))
}

function isInteger (s)
// isInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if all characters in string s are numbers.
//
// Accepts non-signed integers only. Does not accept floating 
// point, exponential notation, etc.
//
// We don't use parseInt because that would accept a string
// with trailing non-numeric characters.
//
// By default, returns defaultEmptyOK if s is empty.
// There is an optional second argument called emptyOK.
// emptyOK is used to override for a single function call
//      the default behavior which is specified globally by
//      defaultEmptyOK.
// If emptyOK is false (or any value other than true), 
//      the function will return false if s is empty.
// If emptyOK is true, the function will return true if s is empty.
//
// EXAMPLE FUNCTION CALL:     RESULT:
// isInteger ("5")            true 
// isInteger ("")             defaultEmptyOK
// isInteger ("-5")           false
// isInteger ("", true)       true
// isInteger ("", false)      false
// isInteger ("5", false)     true

{   var i;

    if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isInteger.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isInteger.arguments[1] == true);

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-numeric character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (!isDigit(c)) return false;
    }

    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}


function isSignedInteger (s)
// isSignedInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if all characters are numbers; 
// first character is allowed to be + or - as well.
//
// Does not accept floating point, exponential notation, etc.
//
// We don't use parseInt because that would accept a string
// with trailing non-numeric characters.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.
//
// EXAMPLE FUNCTION CALL:          RESULT:
// isSignedInteger ("5")           true 
// isSignedInteger ("")            defaultEmptyOK
// isSignedInteger ("-5")          true
// isSignedInteger ("+5")          true
// isSignedInteger ("", false)     false
// isSignedInteger ("", true)      true


{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isSignedInteger.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isSignedInteger.arguments[1] == true);

    else {
        var startPos = 0;
        var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

        if (isSignedInteger.arguments.length > 1)
            secondArg = isSignedInteger.arguments[1];

        // skip leading + or -
        if ( (s.charAt(0) == "-") || (s.charAt(0) == "+") )
           startPos = 1;    
        return (isInteger(s.substring(startPos, s.length), secondArg))
    }
}

function isNonnegativeInteger (s)
// isNonnegativeInteger (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// Returns true if string s is an integer >= 0.
//
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.

{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

    if (isNonnegativeInteger.arguments.length > 1)
        secondArg = isNonnegativeInteger.arguments[1];

    // The next line is a bit byzantine.  What it means is:
    // a) s must be a signed integer, AND
    // b) one of the following must be true:
    //    i)  s is empty and we are supposed to return true for
    //        empty strings
    //    ii) this is a number >= 0

    return (isSignedInteger(s, secondArg)
         && ( (isEmpty(s) && secondArg)  || (parseInt (s) >= 0) ) );
}

function isIntegerInRange (s, a, b)
// isIntegerInRange (STRING s, INTEGER a, INTEGER b [, BOOLEAN emptyOK])
// 
// isIntegerInRange returns true if string s is an integer 
// within the range of integer arguments a and b, inclusive.
// 
// For explanation of optional argument emptyOK,
// see comments of function isInteger.
{   if (isEmpty(s)) 
       if (isIntegerInRange.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isIntegerInRange.arguments[1] == true);

    // Catch non-integer strings to avoid creating a NaN below,
    // which isn't available on JavaScript 1.0 for Windows.
    if (!isInteger(s, false)) return false;

    // Now, explicitly change the type to integer via parseInt
    // so that the comparison code below will work both on 
    // JavaScript 1.2 (which typechecks in equality comparisons)
    // and JavaScript 1.1 and before (which doesn't).
    var num = parseInt (s);
    return ((num >= a) && (num <= b));
}

function isNumber(s) {
	// check to see if a field value is a number. But, avoid the "." in decimals.
	if(isEmpty(s)) {	
	//	alert('Empty');
	} else {
		for (i=0; i<s.length; i++) {
			var c = s.charAt(i);
			if(c != ".") {
	//			alert(c);
				if(!isDigit(c)) return false		
			} else {
	//			alert("It's a dot!!!!");
			}
		}
	}
	return true;
}

//Check to see if a field contains nothing but
//whitespace
function isWhiteSpace(s) {

    var i;
    white_space_characters = " \t\n\r";

    // Is s empty?
    if (isEmpty(s)) return true;

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-whitespace character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        var charCode = s.charCodeAt(i);

        if (white_space_characters.indexOf(c) == -1 && charCode != "160") {
            return false;
        }
    }

    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;

}


  function emailCheck (emailStr) {
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
var atom=validChars + '+'
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
if (matchArray==null) {
 var s = "Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)";
 return s
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
 var s = "The username doesn't seem to be valid.";
 return s;
}
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        var s = "Destination IP address is invalid!";
		return s;
	    }
    }
    return true
}
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
    var s = "The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.";
    return s;
}

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) {
   var s = "The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.";
   return s;
}
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
   //alert(errStr)
   //return false
   return errStr;
}
return true;
}