var digits = "0123456789";
var lowercaseLetters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
var uppercaseLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";
var decimalPointDelimiter = "."
var phoneNumberDelimiters = "()- ";
var validUSPhoneChars = digits + phoneNumberDelimiters;
var validWorldPhoneChars = digits + phoneNumberDelimiters + "+";
var SSNDelimiters = "- ";
var validSSNChars = digits + SSNDelimiters;
var digitsInSocialSecurityNumber = 9;
var digitsInUSPhoneNumber = 10;
var ZIPCodeDelimiters = "-";
var ZIPCodeDelimeter = "-"
var validZIPCodeChars = digits + ZIPCodeDelimiters
var digitsInZIPCode1 = 5
var digitsInZIPCode2 = 9
var creditCardDelimiters = " "
var mPrefix = "You did not enter a value into the "
var mSuffix = " field. This is a required field. Please enter it now."

var sUSLastName = "Last Name"
var sUSFirstName = "First Name"
var sWorldLastName = "Family Name"
var sWorldFirstName = "Given Name"
var sTitle = "Title"
var sCompanyName = "Company Name"
var sUSAddress = "Street Address"
var sWorldAddress = "Address"
var sCity = "City"
var sStateCode = "State Code"
var sWorldState = "State, Province, or Prefecture"
var sCountry = "Country"
var sZIPCode = "ZIP Code"
var sWorldPostalCode = "Postal Code"
var sPhone = "Phone Number"
var sFax = "Fax Number"
var sDateOfBirth = "Date of Birth"
var sExpirationDate = "Expiration Date"
var sEmail = "Email"
var sSSN = "Social Security Number"
var sCreditCardNumber = "Credit Card Number"
var sOtherInfo = "Other Information"

var iStateCode = "This field must be a valid two character U.S. state abbreviation (like CA for California). Please reenter it now."
var iZIPCode = "This field must be a 5 or 9 digit U.S. ZIP Code (like 94043). Please reenter it now."
var iUSPhone = "This field must be a 10 digit U.S. phone number (like 415 555 1212). Please reenter it now."
var iWorldPhone = "This field must be a valid international phone number. Please reenter it now."
var iSSN = "This field must be a 9 digit U.S. social security number (like 123 45 6789). Please reenter it now."
var iEmail = "This field must be a valid email address (like foo@bar.com). Please reenter it now."
var iCreditCardPrefix = "This is not a valid "
var iCreditCardSuffix = " credit card number. (Click the link on this form to see a list of sample numbers.) Please reenter it now."
var iDay = "This field must be a day number between 1 and 31.  Please reenter it now."
var iMonth = "This field must be a month number between 1 and 12.  Please reenter it now."
var iYear = "This field must be a 2 or 4 digit year number.  Please reenter it now."
var iDatePrefix = "The Day, Month, and Year for "
var iDateSuffix = " do not form a valid date.  Please reenter them now."

var pEntryPrompt = "Please enter a "
var pStateCode = "2 character code (like CA)."
var pZIPCode = "5 or 9 digit U.S. ZIP Code (like 94043)."
var pUSPhone = "10 digit U.S. phone number (like 415 555 1212)."
var pWorldPhone = "international phone number."
var pSSN = "9 digit U.S. social security number (like 123 45 6789)."
var pEmail = "valid email address (like foo@bar.com)."
var pCreditCard = "valid credit card number."
var pDay = "day number between 1 and 31."
var pMonth = "month number between 1 and 12."
var pYear = "2 or 4 digit year number."

var defaultEmptyOK = false

function makeArray(n) {
//*** BUG: If I put this line in, I get two error messages:
//(1) Window.length can't be set by assignment
//(2) daysInMonth has no property indexed by 4
//If I leave it out, the code works fine.
//   this.length = n;
   for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
      this[i] = 0
   }
   return this
}



var daysInMonth = makeArray(12);
daysInMonth[1] = 31;
daysInMonth[2] = 29;   // must programmatically check this
daysInMonth[3] = 31;
daysInMonth[4] = 30;
daysInMonth[5] = 31;
daysInMonth[6] = 30;
daysInMonth[7] = 31;
daysInMonth[8] = 31;
daysInMonth[9] = 30;
daysInMonth[10] = 31;
daysInMonth[11] = 30;
daysInMonth[12] = 31;

var USStateCodeDelimiter = "|";
var USStateCodes = "AL|AK|AS|AZ|AR|CA|CO|CT|DE|DC|FM|FL|GA|GU|HI|ID|IL|IN|IA|KS|KY|LA|ME|MH|MD|MA|MI|MN|MS|MO|MT|NE|NV|NH|NJ|NM|NY|NC|ND|MP|OH|OK|OR|PW|PA|PR|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VT|VI|VA|WA|WV|WI|WY|AE|AA|AE|AE|AP"

function isEmpty(s)
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}

function isWhitespace (s)

{   var i;

    // 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);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
    }

    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag (s, bag)

{   var i;
    var returnString = "";

    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }

    return returnString;
}

function stripCharsNotInBag (s, bag)

{   var i;
    var returnString = "";

    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is in bag, append to returnString.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) != -1) returnString += c;
    }

    return returnString;
}

function stripWhitespace (s)

{   return stripCharsInBag (s, whitespace)
}


function charInString (c, s)
{   for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   if (s.charAt(i) == c) return true;
    }
    return false
}

function stripInitialWhitespace (s)

{   var i = 0;

    while ((i < s.length) && charInString (s.charAt(i), whitespace))
       i++;

    return s.substring (i, s.length);
}

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

function isDigit (c)
{   return ((c >= "0") && (c <= "9"))
}

function isLetterOrDigit (c)
{   return (isLetter(c) || isDigit(c))
}

function isInteger (s)

{   var i;

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

{   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 isPositiveInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

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

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

function isNonnegativeInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

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

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

function isNegativeInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

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

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

function isNonpositiveInteger (s)
{   var secondArg = defaultEmptyOK;

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

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

function isFloat (s)

{   var i;
    var seenDecimalPoint = false;

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

    if (s == decimalPointDelimiter) return false;

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

        if ((c == decimalPointDelimiter) && !seenDecimalPoint) seenDecimalPoint = true;
        else if (!isDigit(c)) return false;
    }

    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function isSignedFloat (s)

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

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

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

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

function isAlphabetic (s)

{   var i;

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

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

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

    // All characters are letters.
    return true;
}

function isAlphanumeric (s)

{   var i;

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

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

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

    // All characters are numbers or letters.
    return true;
}

function reformat (s)

{   var arg;
    var sPos = 0;
    var resultString = "";

    for (var i = 1; i < reformat.arguments.length; i++) {
       arg = reformat.arguments[i];
       if (i % 2 == 1) resultString += arg;
       else {
           resultString += s.substring(sPos, sPos + arg);
           sPos += arg;
       }
    }
    return resultString;
}

function isSSN (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isSSN.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isSSN.arguments[1] == true);
    return (isInteger(s) && s.length == digitsInSocialSecurityNumber)
}

function isUSPhoneNumber (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isUSPhoneNumber.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isUSPhoneNumber.arguments[1] == true);
    return (isInteger(s) && s.length == digitsInUSPhoneNumber)
}

function isInternationalPhoneNumber (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isInternationalPhoneNumber.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isInternationalPhoneNumber.arguments[1] == true);
    return (isPositiveInteger(s))
}

function isZIPCode (s)
{  if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isZIPCode.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isZIPCode.arguments[1] == true);
   return (isInteger(s) &&
            ((s.length == digitsInZIPCode1) ||
             (s.length == digitsInZIPCode2)))
}

function isStateCode(s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isStateCode.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isStateCode.arguments[1] == true);
    return ( (USStateCodes.indexOf(s) != -1) &&
             (s.indexOf(USStateCodeDelimiter) == -1) )
}

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

    // is s whitespace?
    if (isWhitespace(s)) return false;

    var i = 1;
    var sLength = s.length;

    // look for @
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "@"))
    { i++
    }

    if ((i >= sLength) || (s.charAt(i) != "@")) return false;
    else i += 2;

    // look for .
    while ((i < sLength) && (s.charAt(i) != "."))
    { i++
    }

    // there must be at least one character after the .
    if ((i >= sLength - 1) || (s.charAt(i) != ".")) return false;
    else return true;
}

function isYear (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isYear.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isYear.arguments[1] == true);
    if (!isNonnegativeInteger(s)) return false;
    return ((s.length == 2) || (s.length == 4));
}

function isIntegerInRange (s, a, b)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isIntegerInRange.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isIntegerInRange.arguments[1] == true);

    if (!isInteger(s, false)) return false;

    var num = parseInt (s);
    return ((num >= a) && (num <= b));
}

function isMonth (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isMonth.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isMonth.arguments[1] == true);
    return isIntegerInRange (s, 1, 12);
}

function isDay (s)
{   if (isEmpty(s))
       if (isDay.arguments.length == 1) return defaultEmptyOK;
       else return (isDay.arguments[1] == true);
    return isIntegerInRange (s, 1, 31);
}

function daysInFebruary (year)
{   // February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (  ((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0) ) ) ? 29 : 28 );
}

function isValidDate (year, month, day)
{   // catch invalid years (not 2- or 4-digit) and invalid months and days.
    if (! (isYear(year, false) && isMonth(month, false) && isDay(day, false))) return false;

    // Explicitly change type to integer to make code work in both
    // JavaScript 1.1 and JavaScript 1.2.
    var intYear = parseInt(year);
    var intMonth = parseInt(month);
    var intDay = parseInt(day);

    // catch invalid days, except for February
    if (intDay > daysInMonth[intMonth]) return false;

    if ((intMonth == 2) && (intDay > daysInFebruary(intYear))) return false;

    return true;
}

var dtCh = "/";
var minYear="1800";
var maxYear="3000";

function isDate(dtStr)
{
	//var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
	strYr=strYear
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth)
	day=parseInt(strDay)
	year=parseInt(strYr)
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		alert("The date format should be : mm/dd/yyyy")
		return false
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		alert("Please enter a valid month")
		return false
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		alert("Please enter a valid day")
		return false
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear)
		return false
	}

	return true
}

function prompt (s)
{   window.status = s
}

function promptEntry (s)
{   window.status = pEntryPrompt + s
}

function warnEmpty (theField, s)
{   theField.focus()
    alert(mPrefix + s + mSuffix)
    return false
}

function warnInvalid (theField, s)
{   theField.focus()
    theField.select()
    alert(s)
    return false
}

function checkString (theField, s, emptyOK)
{   // Next line is needed on NN3 to avoid "undefined is not a number" error
    // in equality comparison below.
    if (checkString.arguments.length == 2) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (isWhitespace(theField.value))
       return warnEmpty (theField, s);
    else return true;
}

function checkStateCode (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkStateCode.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    {  theField.value = theField.value.toUpperCase();
       if (!isStateCode(theField.value, false))
          return warnInvalid (theField, iStateCode);
       else return true;
    }
}

function reformatZIPCode (ZIPString)
{   if (ZIPString.length == 5) return ZIPString;
    else return (reformat (ZIPString, "", 5, "-", 4));
}

function checkZIPCode (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkZIPCode.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    { var normalizedZIP = stripCharsInBag(theField.value, ZIPCodeDelimiters)
      if (!isZIPCode(normalizedZIP, false))
         return warnInvalid (theField, iZIPCode);
      else
      {  // if you don't want to insert a hyphen, comment next line out
         theField.value = reformatZIPCode(normalizedZIP)
         return true;
      }
    }
}

function reformatUSPhone (USPhone)
{   return (reformat (USPhone, "(", 3, ") ", 3, "-", 4))
}

function checkUSPhone (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkUSPhone.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    {  var normalizedPhone = stripCharsInBag(theField.value, phoneNumberDelimiters)
       if (!isUSPhoneNumber(normalizedPhone, false))
          return warnInvalid (theField, iUSPhone);
       else
       {  // if you don't want to reformat as (123) 456-789, comment next line out
          theField.value = reformatUSPhone(normalizedPhone)
          return true;
       }
    }
}

function checkInternationalPhone (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkInternationalPhone.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    {  if (!isInternationalPhoneNumber(theField.value, false))
          return warnInvalid (theField, iWorldPhone);
       else return true;
    }
}

function checkEmail (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkEmail.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else if (!isEmail(theField.value, false))
       return warnInvalid (theField, iEmail);
    else return true;
}

function reformatSSN (SSN)
{   return (reformat (SSN, "", 3, "-", 2, "-", 4))
}

function checkSSN (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkSSN.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    else
    {  var normalizedSSN = stripCharsInBag(theField.value, SSNDelimiters)
       if (!isSSN(normalizedSSN, false))
          return warnInvalid (theField, iSSN);
       else
       {  // if you don't want to reformats as 123-456-7890, comment next line out
          theField.value = reformatSSN(normalizedSSN)
          return true;
       }
    }
}

function checkYear (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkYear.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isYear(theField.value, false))
       return warnInvalid (theField, iYear);
    else return true;
}

function checkMonth (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkMonth.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isMonth(theField.value, false))
       return warnInvalid (theField, iMonth);
    else return true;
}

function checkDay (theField, emptyOK)
{   if (checkDay.arguments.length == 1) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (!isDay(theField.value, false))
       return warnInvalid (theField, iDay);
    else return true;
}

function checkDate (yearField, monthField, dayField, labelString, OKtoOmitDay)
{   // Next line is needed on NN3 to avoid "undefined is not a number" error
    // in equality comparison below.
    if (checkDate.arguments.length == 4) OKtoOmitDay = false;
    if (!isYear(yearField.value)) return warnInvalid (yearField, iYear);
    if (!isMonth(monthField.value)) return warnInvalid (monthField, iMonth);
    if ( (OKtoOmitDay == true) && isEmpty(dayField.value) ) return true;
    else if (!isDay(dayField.value))
       return warnInvalid (dayField, iDay);
    if (isDate (yearField.value, monthField.value, dayField.value))
       return true;
    alert (iDatePrefix + labelString + iDateSuffix)
    return false
}

function getRadioButtonValue (radio)
{   for (var i = 0; i < radio.length; i++)
    {   if (radio[i].checked) { break }
    }
    return radio[i].value
}

// looks for form elements custom attribute "required"
function requiredFields( form )
{
	var retVal = true;
	var formElements = form.elements;
	var required = "";
	var elem;

	for (var i=0; i<formElements.length; i++)
	{
		elem 		= formElements[i];
		required 	= elem.getAttribute("required");
		//alert("required: " + required + " - " + elem.name);

		if (required=="true" && hasValue(elem)==false)
		{
			//alert( elem.name + " is required" );
			elem.focus();
			return false;
		}
	}

	return retVal;
}

function hasValue(elem)
{
	var retVal = true;
	var elemType = elem.type;

	// check textual fields
	if (elemType=="text" || elemType=="textarea" || elemType=="hidden")
	{
		if (elem.value=="")
			retVal=false;
	}
	else if (elemType.indexOf("select")>=0)
	{
		if ( elem.options[ elem.selectedIndex ].value=="" )
			retVal=false;
	}

	return retVal;
}

function validFields( form )
{
	var retObj = new Object();
	retObj.isValid = true;
	retObj.errorString = "";

	var formElements = form.elements;
	var elem;
	var validReturn;

	for (var i=0; i<formElements.length; i++)
	{
		elem = formElements[i];

		// ignore disabled elements because we cant prompt the user to fix them
        if(elem.disabled == false)
		{
    		validReturn = isValidValue(elem);
    		if (validReturn.isValid==false)
    		{
    			//alert( elem.name + " is invalid" );
    			elem.focus();
    			retObj.isValid = false;
    			retObj.errorString = validReturn.errorString;
    			return retObj;
    		}
    	}
	}

	return retObj;
}

function isValidValue(elem)
{
	var defaultMinMax = 32767;
	var defaultLength = 4000;
	var retObj = new Object();
	retObj.isValid = true;
	retObj.errorString = "";

	var elemType = elem.type;
	var val = "";

	var length = "";
	var dataType = elem.getAttribute("datatype");

	if (dataType==null)
		dataType="string";

	// only need to check textual fields
	if (elemType=="text" || elemType=="textarea" || elemType=="hidden")
	{
		// check for data type
		val = elem.value;

		// check max length
		if (!checkMaxLength(elem,defaultLength))
		{
			retObj.isValid = false;
			retObj.errorString = "Value is too long.";
		}
		else if (dataType=="string")
		{
			// anything is OK
			//retVal = true;
		}
		else if (dataType=="integer")
		{
			if (!isInteger(val,false))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Please enter a valid number.";
			}

			// check max val and min val
			if (!checkMaxValue(elem,defaultMinMax))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Value is too big.";
			}
			else if (!checkMinValue(elem,-defaultMinMax))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Value is too small.";
			}
		}
		else if (dataType=="float")
		{
			if (!isFloat(val,false))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Please enter a valid number.";
			}

			// check max val and min val
			if (!checkMaxValue(elem,defaultMinMax))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Value is too big.";
			}
			else if (!checkMinValue(elem,-defaultMinMax))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				retObj.errorString = "Value is too small.";
			}
		}
		else if (dataType=="date")
		{
			if (val=="" || val=="00/00/00" || val=="00/00/0000")
			{
				elem.value = "00/00/0000";
			}
			else if (!isDate(val,false))
			{
				retObj.isValid = false;
				//retObj.errorString = "Please enter a valid date";
			}
		}
	}

	return retObj;
}

function checkMaxValue(elem, defaultVal)
{
	var elemType = elem.type;
	if (elemType=="text" || elemType=="textarea" || elemType=="hidden")
	{
		var max = elem.getAttribute("maxvalue")==null ? defaultVal : parseInt(elem.getAttribute("maxvalue"));
		var val = parseInt(elem.value);
		if (val>max)
			return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function checkMinValue(elem, defaultVal)
{
	var elemType = elem.type;
	if (elemType=="text" || elemType=="textarea" || elemType=="hidden")
	{
		var min = elem.getAttribute("minvalue")==null ? defaultVal : parseInt(elem.getAttribute("minvalue"));
		var val = parseInt(elem.value);
		if (val<min)
			return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function checkMaxLength(elem, defaultVal)
{
	var elemType = elem.type;
	if (elemType=="text" || elemType=="textarea" || elemType=="hidden")
	{
		var max = elem.getAttribute("maxlength")==null ? defaultVal : parseInt(elem.getAttribute("maxlength"));
		var length = elem.value.length;
		//alert(length+"/"+max);
		if (length>max)
			return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function disableFormElements(form)
{
	var elem = null;
	var keepEnabled = null;
	
	for (var i=0; i<form.elements.length; i++)
	{
		elem 		= form.elements[i];
	
		keepEnabled = elem.getAttribute("keep_enabled");
			if (keepEnabled==null)
			{
				elem.disabled = true;
			}
			else if (keepEnabled!=null && keepEnabled==false)
			{
				elem.disabled = true;
			}
			
	}
}