function strTrim(tmpStr)
{
	tmpStr = tmpStr.replace(/^\s+/,"");//remove leading
	tmpStr = tmpStr.replace(/\s+$/,"");//remove trailing
	return tmpStr;
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function trimFields()
{
	for(var i=0; i < obj.elements.length; i++)
	{
		if(obj.elements[i].type == "text" || obj.elements[i].type == "textarea" || obj.elements[i].type == "password")
		{
			obj.elements[i].value = strTrim(obj.elements[i].value);
		}
	}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function chkEmail(tmpStr)
{
	var email_pat = /^[a-z][a-z0-9_\.\-]*[a-z0-9]@[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9\.\-_]*\.[a-z]+$/i;
	return(email_pat.test(tmpStr));
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Checks URL against pattern
function chkURL(tmpStr)
{
	var url_pat = /^(http|https|ftp):\/\/([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]+(\/[\w-\.\/?%&amp;,=#@\/:]*)?/;
	return(url_pat.test(tmpStr));
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function validateTALength(strField, cntlName, maxChar)
{
	if(obj.elements[cntlName].value.length > maxChar)
	{
		alert(strField+" should be within "+maxChar+" characters.");
		obj.elements[cntlName].focus();
		obj.elements[cntlName].select();
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Opens a new window showing the image
function viewImage(imgFile)
{
	//alert(imgFile);return false;
	imgURL = imgFile;
	newWindow = window.open("","newWindow","titlebar=no,width=50,height=50,left=25,top=25");
	var doc = newWindow.document;
	doc.open();
	doc.write('<html>\n');
	doc.write('<head>\n');
	doc.write('<title>View Image</title>\n');
	doc.write('<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">\n');
	doc.write('</head>\n');
	doc.write('<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" ondblclick="self.close();"  onblur="self.close();" onload="javascript:window.resizeTo(document.getElementById(\'theImage\').width + 10, document.getElementById(\'theImage\').height + 50)">\n');
	doc.write('<img src=\"'+imgURL+'\" alt=\"File: '+imgFile+'\n(Double Click to Close)\" title=\"File: '+imgFile+'\n(Double Click to Close)\" border="0" name="theImage" id="theImage" />\n');
	doc.write('</body>\n');
	doc.write('</html>\n');
	newWindow.focus();
	doc.close();
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function NewWindow(pageName, Width, Height)
{
	window.open(pageName, '', 'width='+Width+',height='+Height+',toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,left=50,top=75');
}

function showImage(imgURL)
{
	newWindow = window.open("","newWindow","titlebar=no,width=50,height=50,left=25,top=25,scrollbars=0");
	var doc = newWindow.document;
	doc.open();
	doc.write('<html>\n');
	doc.write('<head>\n');
	doc.write('<title>View Image</title>\n');
	doc.write('<meta http-equiv="imagetoolbar" content="no">\n');
	doc.write('</head>\n');
	doc.write('<body leftmargin="0" topmargin="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" ondblclick="self.close();"  onblur="self.close();" onload="javascript:window.resizeTo(document.getElementById(\'theImage\').width + 10, document.getElementById(\'theImage\').height + 50)">\n');
	doc.write('<img src=\"'+imgURL+'\" alt=\"File: '+imgURL+'\n(Double Click to Close)\" border="0" name="theImage" id="theImage" />\n');
	doc.write('</body>\n');
	doc.write('</html>\n');
	newWindow.focus();
	doc.close();
}
//==========================================
//=========Fade in and Fade out effects=====
//==========================================
var op = 0;
var delay = 5;

function fadeIn()
{
	if(op == 0) ad.style.visibility = 'visible';
	op += 2;
	ad.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + op + ')';
	ad.style.opacity = op / 100;
	if(op < 100)
		setTimeout('fadeIn()', delay);
}

function fadeOut()
{
	op -= 2;
	ad.style.filter = 'alpha(opacity=' + op + ')';
	ad.style.opacity = op / 100;
	if(op > 0)
		setTimeout('fadeOut()', delay);
	else
		ad.style.visibility = 'hidden';
}
