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 validRequired(formField,fieldLabel)
{
	var result = true;
	
	if (formField.value == "")
	{
		alert('Please enter a value for the "' + fieldLabel +'" field.');
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
	
	return result;
}

function validEmail(formField,fieldLabel,required)
{
	var result = true;
	
	if (required && !validRequired(formField,fieldLabel))
		result = false;

	if (result && ((formField.value.length < 3) || !isEmailAddr(formField.value)) )
	{
		alert("Please enter a complete email address in the form: yourname@yourdomain.com");
		formField.focus();
		result = false;
	}
   
  return result;

}

function removeCharacters( strValue, strMatchPattern ) 
{
	/************************************************
	DESCRIPTION: Removes characters from a source string
	  based upon matches of the supplied pattern.

	PARAMETERS: 
	  strValue - source string containing number.

	RETURNS: String modified with characters
	  matching search pattern removed

	USAGE:  strNoSpaces = removeCharacters( ' sfdf  dfd', '\s*')
	*************************************************/
	 var objRegExp =  new RegExp( strMatchPattern, 'gi' );

	 //replace passed pattern matches with blanks
	  return strValue.replace(objRegExp,'');
}

function validateForm(theForm)
{
	// Customize these calls for your form

	// Start ------->

	if (!validRequired(theForm.firstname,"First Name"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.lastname,"Last Name"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.country,"Country"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.username,"Username"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.pass1,"Password"))
		return false;

	if (!validRequired(theForm.pass2,"Confirm Password"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.secretquestion,"Secret Question"))
		return false;

	if (!validRequired(theForm.secretanswer,"Secret Answer"))
		return false;
		
	if (!validRequired(theForm.reg_check,"Registration Check"))
		return false;		
		
	// <--------- End
	
	return true;
}

function validateReset(theForm)
{
	if (!validRequired(theForm.pass1,"New Password"))
		return false;

	if (!validRequired(theForm.pass2,"Confirm Password"))
		return false;
}