/*
==================================================================
LTrim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without leading spaces.
==================================================================
*/
function LTrim(str)
/*
   PURPOSE: Remove leading blanks from our string.
   IN: str - the string we want to LTrim
*/
{
   var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

   var s = new String(str);

   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {
      // We have a string with leading blank(s)...

      var j=0, i = s.length;

      // Iterate from the far left of string until we
      // don't have any more whitespace...
      while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
         j++;

      // Get the substring from the first non-whitespace
      // character to the end of the string...
      s = s.substring(j, i);
   }
   return s;
}

/*
==================================================================
RTrim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without trailing spaces.
==================================================================
*/
function RTrim(str)
/*
   PURPOSE: Remove trailing blanks from our string.
   IN: str - the string we want to RTrim

*/
{
   // We don't want to trip JUST spaces, but also tabs,
   // line feeds, etc.  Add anything else you want to
   // "trim" here in Whitespace
   var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

   var s = new String(str);

   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
      // We have a string with trailing blank(s)...

      var i = s.length - 1;       // Get length of string

      // Iterate from the far right of string until we
      // don't have any more whitespace...
      while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
         i--;


      // Get the substring from the front of the string to
      // where the last non-whitespace character is...
      s = s.substring(0, i+1);
   }

   return s;
}
/*
=============================================================
Trim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without leading or trailing spaces
=============================================================
*/
function trim(str)
/*
   PURPOSE: Remove trailing and leading blanks from our string.
   IN: str - the string we want to Trim

   RETVAL: A Trimmed string!
*/
{
   return RTrim(LTrim(str));
}



/*
=============================================================
checkEmail : test and return true/false whether the supplied string is a valid email address or not
=============================================================
*/

function checkMail(email)
{
	var str1=email;
	var arr=str1.split('@');
	var eFlag=true;
	if(arr.length != 2)
	{
		eFlag = false;
	}
	else if(arr[0].length <= 0 || arr[0].indexOf(' ') != -1 || arr[0].indexOf("'") != -1 || arr[0].indexOf('"') != -1 || arr[1].indexOf('.') == -1)
	{
			eFlag = false;
	}
	else
	{
		var dot=arr[1].split('.');
		if(dot.length < 2)
		{
			eFlag = false;
		}
		else
		{
			if(dot[0].length <= 0 || dot[0].indexOf(' ') != -1 || dot[0].indexOf('"') != -1 || dot[0].indexOf("'") != -1)
			{
				eFlag = false;
			}

			for(i=1;i < dot.length;i++)
			{
				if(dot[i].length <= 0 || dot[i].indexOf(' ') != -1 || dot[i].indexOf('"') != -1 || dot[i].indexOf("'") != -1 || dot[i].length > 4)
				{
					eFlag = false;
				}
			}
		}
	}
		return eFlag;	
}


function limitLength(element, maxLength)
{
	if (element.value.length > maxLength)
	{
		element.value = element.value.substring(0, maxLength);
		return 0;
	}
}


function openWindow(url,ht,wt)
{
	window.open(url,'','scrollbars=no,menubar=no,height=ht,width=wt,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,status=no'); 
}