function emailCheck (form,email)		


			{	
			
				emailStr = email.value;				
			

			/* 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)")
					email.focus();
					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("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
				    email.focus();	
				    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("Destination IP address is invalid!")
							email.focus();	
							return false
	    					}
    					}
    				return true
			}

		// Domain is symbolic name
		var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
		if (domainArray==null) 
			{
				alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
				email.focus();
			        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>3)
     			{
			   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
			   alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
			   email.focus();	
			   return false
			}

		// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
		if (len<2) 
			{
			   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
			   alert(errStr)
			   email.focus();	
   			   return false
			}

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

//  End -->

function validateDigits( form,obj ) {

  // var objRegExp  = /(^-?\d\d*$)/;  
  // var objRegExp  = /(^\d\d*$)/;
  
  if (obj.name == "Phone") {	 
       // var objRegExp  = /(^\d{7,8}$)/; }	   
       var objRegExp  = /(^\d{8}$)/; }	
  else { 
  		 if (obj.name == "Postal") {		    
  			var objRegExp  = /(^\d{8}$)/;	}
		 else { var objRegExp  = /(^\d*$)/;}	
  		// var objRegExp  = /(^\d\d*$)/;          
		 };  
  
  strValue = obj.value;   

  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateNotEmpty(form,obj) {
   strValue=obj.value; 
   var strTemp = strValue;
   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
   if(strTemp.length > 0){
     return true;
   }  
   return false;
}


function trimAll(form,obj) {

 var objRegExp = /^(\s*)$/;

    //check for all spaces
    if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '');
       if( strValue.length == 0)
          return strValue;
    }
    
   //check for leading & trailing spaces
   objRegExp = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
   if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$2');
    }
  return strValue;
}