	function confirm_redirection(msg, path)
	{
		if (confirm(msg)) 
		{
			//alert('ok'); 
			location.href=path;
		}
		else 
		{//alert('cancel'); 
		}
	}

function Validator(frmname)
{
  this.formobj=document.forms[frmname];
	if(!this.formobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: couldnot get Form object "+frmname);
		return;
	}
	if(this.formobj.onsubmit)
	{
	 this.formobj.old_onsubmit = this.formobj.onsubmit;
	 this.formobj.onsubmit=null;
	}
	else
	{
	 this.formobj.old_onsubmit = null;
	}
	this.formobj.onsubmit=form_submit_handler;
	this.addValidation = add_validation;
	this.setAddnlValidationFunction=set_addnl_vfunction;
	this.clearAllValidations = clear_all_validations;
}
function set_addnl_vfunction(functionname)
{
  this.formobj.addnlvalidation = functionname;
}
function clear_all_validations()
{
	for(var itr=0;itr < this.formobj.elements.length;itr++)
	{
		this.formobj.elements[itr].validationset = null;
	}
}
function form_submit_handler()
{
	
	for(var itr=0;itr < this.elements.length;itr++)
	{
		if(this.elements[itr].validationset &&
	   !this.elements[itr].validationset.validate())
		{
		  return false;
		}
	}
	if(this.addnlvalidation)
	{
	  str =" var ret = "+this.addnlvalidation+"()";
	  eval(str);
    if(!ret) return ret;
	}
	return true;
}
function add_validation(itemname,descriptor,errstr)
{
  if(!this.formobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: the form object is not set properly");
		return;
	}//if
	var itemobj = this.formobj[itemname];
  if(!itemobj)
	{
	  alert("BUG: Couldnot get the input object named: "+itemname);
		return;
	}
	if(!itemobj.validationset)
	{
	  itemobj.validationset = new ValidationSet(itemobj);
	}
  itemobj.validationset.add(descriptor,errstr);
}
function ValidationDesc(inputitem,desc,error)
{
  	this.desc=desc;
	this.error=error;
	this.itemobj = inputitem;
	this.validate=vdesc_validate;
}
function vdesc_validate()
{
 if(!V2validateData(this.desc,this.itemobj,this.error))
 {
    this.itemobj.focus();
		return false;
 }
 return true;
}
function ValidationSet(inputitem)
{
    this.vSet=new Array();
	this.add= add_validationdesc;
	this.validate= vset_validate;
	this.itemobj = inputitem;
}
function add_validationdesc(desc,error)
{
  this.vSet[this.vSet.length]= 
	  new ValidationDesc(this.itemobj,desc,error);
}
function vset_validate()
{
   for(var itr=0;itr<this.vSet.length;itr++)
	 {
	   if(!this.vSet[itr].validate())
		 {
		   return false;
		 }
	 }
	 return true;
}
function validateEmailv2(email)
{
// a very simple email validation checking. 
// you can add more complex email checking if it helps 
    if(email.length <= 0)
	{
	  return true;
	}
    var splitted = email.match("^(.+)@(.+)$");
    if(splitted == null) return false;
    if(splitted[1] != null )
    {
      var regexp_user=/^\"?[\w-_\.]*\"?$/;
      if(splitted[1].match(regexp_user) == null) return false;
    }
    if(splitted[2] != null)
    {
      var regexp_domain=/^[\w-\.]*\.[A-Za-z]{2,4}$/;
      if(splitted[2].match(regexp_domain) == null) 
      {
	    var regexp_ip =/^\[\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\]$/;
	    if(splitted[2].match(regexp_ip) == null) return false;
      }// if
      return true;
    }
return false;
}
function trim(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
	while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function

function V2validateData(strValidateStr,objValue,strError) 
{ 
    var epos = strValidateStr.search("="); 
    var  command  = ""; 
    var  cmdvalue = ""; 
    if(epos >= 0) 
    { 
     command  = strValidateStr.substring(0,epos); 
     cmdvalue = strValidateStr.substr(epos+1); 
    } 
    else 
    { 
     command = strValidateStr; 
    } 
    switch(command) 
    { 
        case "req": 
        case "required": 
         { 
           if(eval(trim(objValue.value.length)) == 0 || trim(objValue.value) == "") 
           { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
                strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field"; 
              }//if 
              alert(strError); 
              return false; 
           }//if 
           break;             
         }//case required 
        case "maxlength": 
        case "maxlen": 
          { 
             if(eval(objValue.value.length) >  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : "+cmdvalue+" characters maximum "; 
               }//if 
               //alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]"); 
				alert(strError); 
               return false; 
             }//if 
             break; 
          }//case maxlen 
         case "minlength": 
        case "minlen": 
           {  
             if(eval(objValue.value.length) <  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : " + cmdvalue + " characters minimum  "; 
               }//if               
               //alert(strError + "\n[Current length = " + objValue.value.length + " ]"); 
			   alert(strError); 			 
               return false;                 
             }//if 
             break; 
            }//case minlen 
        case "alnum": 
        case "alphanumeric": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name +": Only alpha-numeric characters allowed "; 
                }//if 
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break; 
           }//case alphanumeric 
        case "num": 
        case "numeric": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^0-9]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name +": Only digits allowed "; 
                }//if               
               // alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
				alert(strError );//+ "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break;               
           }//numeric 
		 case "numericNonZero": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^1-9]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name +": Only digits allowed 1 to 9 "; 
                }//if               
               // alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
				alert(strError); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break;               
           }//numeric    
        case "alphabetic": 
        case "alpha": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z ]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                  if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": Only alphabetic characters allowed "; 
                }//if                             
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break; 
           }//alpha 
		case "alnumhyphen":
			{
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^A-Za-z0-9\-_]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                  if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": characters allowed are A-Z,a-z,0-9,- and _"; 
                }//if                             
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 			
			break;
			}
			case "numhyphen":
			{
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("[^0-9\-]"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                  if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name+": characters allowed are 0-9 and -"; 
                }//if                             
                alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 			
			break;
			}
        case "email": 
          { 
               if(!validateEmailv2(objValue.value)) 
               { 
                 if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
                 { 
                    strError = objValue.name+": Enter a valid Email address "; 
                 }//if                                               
                 alert(strError); 
                 return false; 
               }//if 
           break; 
          }//case email 
        case "lt": 
        case "lessthan": 
         { 
            if(isNaN(objValue.value)) 
            { 
              alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number "); 
              return false; 
            }//if 
            if(eval(objValue.value) >=  eval(cmdvalue)) 
            { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
                strError = objValue.name + " : value should be less than "+ cmdvalue; 
              }//if               
              alert(strError); 
              return false;                 
             }//if             
            break; 
         }//case lessthan 
        case "gt": 
        case "greaterthan": 
         { 
            if(isNaN(objValue.value)) 
            { 
              alert(objValue.name+": Should be a number "); 
              return false; 
            }//if 
             if(eval(objValue.value) <=  eval(cmdvalue)) 
             { 
               if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
               { 
                 strError = objValue.name + " : value should be greater than "+ cmdvalue; 
               }//if               
               alert(strError);
               return false;                 
             }//if             
            break; 
         }//case greaterthan 
        case "regexp": 
         { 
		 	if(objValue.value.length > 0)
			{
	            if(!objValue.value.match(cmdvalue)) 
	            { 
	              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
	              { 
	                strError = objValue.name+": Invalid characters found "; 
	              }//if                                                               
	              alert(strError); 
	              return false;                   
	            }//if 
			}
           break; 
         }//case regexp 
        case "dontselect": 
         { 
            if(objValue.selectedIndex == null) 
            { 
              alert("BUG: dontselect command for non-select Item"); 
              return false; 
            } 
            if(objValue.selectedIndex == eval(cmdvalue)) 
            { 
             if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
              strError = objValue.name+": Please Select one option "; 
              }//if                                                               
              alert(strError); 
              return false;                                   
             } 
             break; 
         }//case dontselect 
		case "area": 
         { 
           if(eval(objValue.value.length) == 0) 
           { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
                strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field"; 
              }//if 
              alert(strError); 
              return false; 
           }//if 
           break;             
         }//case area 
		case "checkbox": 
         { 
		  if(!objValue.checked) 
           { 
              if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
              { 
			    strError = objValue.name + " : Required Field"; 
			   }
			 alert(strError); 
              return false; 
           }//if 
           break;             
         }//case checkbox
		 case "float": 
           { 
              var charpos = objValue.value.search("/[0-9].[0-9]{2}"); 
              if(objValue.value.length > 0 &&  charpos >= 0) 
              { 
                if(!strError || strError.length == 0) 
                { 
                  strError = objValue.name +": Only decimal value allowed "; 
                }//if               
               // alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
				alert(strError + "\n [Error character position " + eval(charpos+1)+"]"); 
                return false; 
              }//if 
              break;               
           }//float 
		
		 case "multisel": 
         { 
		 var len1= document.subscriberfrm.country.options.length;
		
		for(var i=0 ; i<len1 ;i++){
			 if(document.subscriberfrm.country.options[i].selected)
			 document.subscriberfrm.countryHidden.value = document.subscriberfrm.countryHidden.value +  document.subscriberfrm.country.options[i].value + ",";
		    
		
		}
		
		   break;             
         }//case r
		 case "multisel1": 
         { 
		
		 var len2= document.subscriberfrm.education.options.length;
		
		 for(var i=0 ; i<len2 ;i++){
			 if(document.subscriberfrm.education.options[i].selected)
			 document.subscriberfrm.educationHidden.value = document.subscriberfrm.educationHidden.value +  document.subscriberfrm.education.options[i].value + ",";
		 }
		 
           break;             
         }//case r
		
		
		
		 case "multisel2": 
         { 
		
		 var len3= document.subscriberfrm.politicalissues.options.length;
		 for(var i=0 ; i<len3 ;i++){
			 if(document.subscriberfrm.politicalissues.options[i].selected)
			 document.subscriberfrm.politicalissuesHidden.value = document.subscriberfrm.politicalissuesHidden.value +  document.subscriberfrm.politicalissues.options[i].value + ",";
		 }
           break;             
         }//case required 		 
		 
		case "url":
		 	{
				//var urlReg="/http://.%5ba-zA-Z0-9_.%5c.-%5d/";
				var urlReg="^[A-Za-z]+://[A-Za-z0-9-_]+\\.[A-Za-z0-9-_%&\?\/.=]+$";
				if(objValue.value.match(urlReg))
				{ 
				  return true;
				}
			}
		case "image":
		    {
				if(objValue.value!='')
				{
					var imageExt = objValue.value.split(".") ;
					//imageExt = imageExt.toLowerCase();
					
					if( (imageExt[imageExt.length - 1].toLowerCase() != "jpg" && imageExt[imageExt.length - 1].toLowerCase() != "gif" ))
					{
					   if(!strError || strError.length ==0) 
						{
						  strError = "Please select "+objValue.name+"."  ;
						}
					   
					   alert(strError) ;
					 //
					  //showMe() ;
					   return false ;
					}
				}
				break;
		    }
    }//switch 

return true; 
}
// JavaScript Document

function decimalOnly(i) 
{
	if(i.value.length>0) 
	{
		i.value = i.value.replace(/[^\d,'.']+/g, ''); 
	}
}

///===General function to open window in the specified format
function openPopUpWindow(strUrl,strWinName,Height,Width,isTool)
{
  if(isTool=='Y')
  {
   winHandler=window.open(strUrl, strWinName,"height="+(Height)+",width="+(Width)+"," +
        "resizable=yes, scrollbars=yes, menubar=yes,hotkeys no,location=yes,status=yes,alwaysraised=yes,left="+((screen.width-Width)/2)+",top="+((screen.height-Height)/2));
  }
   else
   {
   winHandler=window.open(strUrl, strWinName,"height="+(Height)+",width="+(Width)+"," +
        "resizable=no, scrollbars=yes, menubar=no,hotkeys no,location=no,status=yes,alwaysraised=yes,left="+((screen.width-Width)/2)+",top="+((screen.height-Height)/2));
   }
return winHandler;
}

function calcCharLeft(obj,textboxLcl) {
	clipped = false
	lenUSig = 0
	maxLength = 1000
        if (obj.value.length > maxLength) { 
	        obj.value = obj.value.substring(0,maxLength)
		charleft = 0
		clipped = true
        } else {
		charleft = maxLength - obj.value.length
	}
        textboxLcl.value = charleft
        return clipped
}
function textKey(obj,textboxLcl) {
	supportsKeys = true
	calcCharLeft(obj,textboxLcl)
}

