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//validate account number
function validateAccount(AccountInput){
 if((AccountInput.value.length!=14)|(!isInteger(AccountInput.value))){
	alert("Please input a valid account number");
	AccountInput.value ="";
	return false;	
 }
 else{
	return true;
 }

}


//phone number validation
var digits = "0123456789";
var phoneNumberDelimiters = "()- ";
var validWorldPhoneChars = phoneNumberDelimiters + "+";
var numDigitsInIPhoneNumber = 7;

function isInteger(s)
{   var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    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 checkInternationalPhone(strPhone){
s=stripCharsInBag(strPhone,validWorldPhoneChars);
return (isInteger(s) && s.length >= numDigitsInIPhoneNumber);
}

function ValidateNumber(phoneInput){
	var Phone=phoneInput
	
	if(Phone.value=="") return true;
	else{
		if (Phone.value==null){
			alert("Please Enter your Phone Number")

			return false
		}
		if (checkInternationalPhone(Phone.value)==false){
			alert("Please Enter a Valid Phone Number")
			Phone.value=""
		
			return false
		}
	return true
 }
}

function validateDate(objName) {
	var datefield = objName;
	
	if (chkdate(objName) == false) {
		datefield.select();
		alert("That date is invalid.  Please try again.");

		return false;
	}
	else {
		return true;
   }
}
function chkdate(objName) {
	//var strDatestyle = "US"; //United States date style
	var strDatestyle = "EU";  //European date style
	var strDate;
	var strDateArray;
	var strDay;
	var strMonth;
	var strYear;
	var intday;
	var intMonth;
	var intYear;
	var booFound = false;
	var datefield = objName;
	var strSeparatorArray = new Array("-"," ","/",".");
	var intElementNr;
	var err = 0;
	var strMonthArray = new Array(12);
	strMonthArray[0] = "Jan";
	strMonthArray[1] = "Feb";
	strMonthArray[2] = "Mar";
	strMonthArray[3] = "Apr";
	strMonthArray[4] = "May";
	strMonthArray[5] = "Jun";
	strMonthArray[6] = "Jul";
	strMonthArray[7] = "Aug";
	strMonthArray[8] = "Sep";
	strMonthArray[9] = "Oct";
	strMonthArray[10] = "Nov";
	strMonthArray[11] = "Dec";
	var strMonthArrayL = new Array(12);
	strMonthArrayL[0] = "January";
	strMonthArrayL[1] = "February";
	strMonthArrayL[2] = "March";
	strMonthArrayL[3] = "April";
	strMonthArrayL[4] = "May";
	strMonthArrayL[5] = "June";
	strMonthArrayL[6] = "July";
	strMonthArrayL[7] = "August";
	strMonthArrayL[8] = "September";
	strMonthArrayL[9] = "October";
	strMonthArrayL[10] = "November";
	strMonthArrayL[11] = "December";

	strDate = datefield.value;
	if (strDate.length < 1) {
		return true;
	}
	for (intElementNr = 0; intElementNr < strSeparatorArray.length; intElementNr++) {
		if (strDate.indexOf(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]) != -1) {
			strDateArray = strDate.split(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]);
			if (strDateArray.length != 3) {
				err = 1;
				return false;
			}
			else {
				strDay = strDateArray[0];
				strMonth = strDateArray[1];
				strYear = strDateArray[2];
			}
			booFound = true;
   		}
	}
	if (booFound == false) {
		if (strDate.length>5) {
			strDay = strDate.substr(0, 2);
			strMonth = strDate.substr(2, 2);
			strYear = strDate.substr(4);
   		}
	}
	if(strYear==null){
		
		return false;
	}
	else{
		if (strYear.length == 2) {
			strYear = '20' + strYear;
		}
	}
	// US style
	if (strDatestyle == "US") {
		strTemp = strDay;
		strDay = strMonth;
		strMonth = strTemp;
	}
	intday = parseInt(strDay, 10);
	if (isNaN(intday)) {
		err = 2;
		return false;
	}
	intMonth = parseInt(strMonth, 10);
	if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
		for (i = 0;i<12;i++) {
			if ((strMonth.toUpperCase() == strMonthArray[i].toUpperCase())||(strMonth.toUpperCase() == strMonthArrayL[i].toUpperCase())) {
				intMonth = i+1;
				strMonth = strMonthArray[i];
				i = 12;
   			}
		}
		if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
			err = 3;
			return false;
  		 }
	}
	intYear = parseInt(strYear, 10);
	if (isNaN(intYear)) {
		err = 4;
		return false;
	}
	if (intMonth>12 || intMonth<1) {
		err = 5;
		return false;
	}
	if ((intMonth == 1 || intMonth == 3 || intMonth == 5 || intMonth == 7 || intMonth == 8 || intMonth == 10 || intMonth == 12) && (intday > 31 || intday < 1)) {
		err = 6;
		return false;
	}
	if ((intMonth == 4 || intMonth == 6 || intMonth == 9 || intMonth == 11) && (intday > 30 || intday < 1)) {
		err = 7;
		return false;
	}
	if (intMonth == 2) {
		if (intday < 1) {
			err = 8;
			return false;
		}
		if (LeapYear(intYear) == true) {
			if (intday > 29) {
				err = 9;
				return false;
			}
		}
	else {
		if (intday > 28) {
			err = 10;
			return false;
		}
	}
	}
		if (strDatestyle == "US") {
			datefield.value = strMonthArray[intMonth-1] + " " + intday+" " + strYear;
		}
		else {
			datefield.value = strYear + "/" + intMonth + "/" +intday ;
		}
	return true;
	}
		function LeapYear(intYear) {
		if (intYear % 100 == 0) {
		if (intYear % 400 == 0) { return true; }
	}
	else {
	if ((intYear % 4) == 0) { return true; }
	}
	return false;
}

//email validation
function isEmailAddr(email)
{
  var result = false
  var theStr = new String(email)
  var index = theStr.indexOf("@");
  if (index > 0)
  {
    var pindex = theStr.indexOf(".",index);
    if ((pindex > index+1) && (theStr.length > pindex+1))
	result = true;
  }
  return result;
}

function ValidateEmail(emailInput)
{

  if (emailInput.value == "")
  { 
	return true;
  }

  if (!isEmailAddr(emailInput.value))
  {
    alert("Please enter a complete email address in the form: yourname@yourdomain.com");
    return false;
  }
   
  if (emailInput.valuelength < 3)
  {
    alert("Please enter at least 3 characters in the \"email\" field.");
    return false;
  }
  return true;
}

function validateForm(){
	
	if(!validateDate(document.form1.news_dat)){
		//document.form1.news_date.focus();
		return false;
	}


msg ="";

	if(msg==""){
		return true
	}
	else{
		alert("The following fields are missing: \n \n" + msg);

		return false
	}
}
//-->