function emailCheck (emailStr) {
/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
   from the domain. */
var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
   is a legal e-mail address. */
var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
   non-special characters.) */
var atom=validChars + '+'
/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")


/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
   valid. */

/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
if (matchArray==null) {
  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
	return false
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain= new String(matchArray[2])



// See if "user" is valid 
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
    return false
}

/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
    // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}

// Domain is symbolic name
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
    return false
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
   the domain or country. */

/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
   it consists of. */
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>4) {
   // the address must end in a two letter to four letter word.
   return false
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
   return false
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}

function IsNumeric(sText)
{
   var ValidChars = "0123456789.";
   var IsNumber=true;
   var Char;

 
   for (i = 0; i < sText.length && IsNumber == true; i++) 
      { 
      Char = sText.charAt(i); 
      if (ValidChars.indexOf(Char) == -1) 
         {
         IsNumber = false;
         }
      }
   return IsNumber;
   
   }

function DateDiff( start, end, interval, rounding ) {

    var iOut = 0;
    
    // Create 2 error messages, 1 for each argument. 
    var startMsg = "Check the Start Date and End Date\n"
        startMsg += "must be a valid date format.\n\n"
        startMsg += "Please try again." ;
		
    var intervalMsg = "Sorry the dateAdd function only accepts\n"
        intervalMsg += "d, h, m OR s intervals.\n\n"
        intervalMsg += "Please try again." ;

    var bufferA = Date.parse( start ) ;
    var bufferB = Date.parse( end ) ;
    	
    // check that the start parameter is a valid Date. 
    if ( isNaN (bufferA) || isNaN (bufferB) ) {
        alert( startMsg ) ;
        return null ;
    }
	
    // check that an interval parameter was not numeric. 
    if ( interval.charAt == 'undefined' ) {
        // the user specified an incorrect interval, handle the error. 
        alert( intervalMsg ) ;
        return null ;
    }
    
    var number = bufferB-bufferA ;
    
    // what kind of add to do? 
    switch (interval.charAt(0))
    {
        case 'd': case 'D': 
            iOut = parseInt(number / 86400000) ;
            if(rounding) iOut += parseInt((number % 86400000)/43200001) ;
            break ;
        case 'h': case 'H':
            iOut = parseInt(number / 3600000 ) ;
            if(rounding) iOut += parseInt((number % 3600000)/1800001) ;
            break ;
        case 'm': case 'M':
            iOut = parseInt(number / 60000 ) ;
            if(rounding) iOut += parseInt((number % 60000)/30001) ;
            break ;
        case 's': case 'S':
            iOut = parseInt(number / 1000 ) ;
            if(rounding) iOut += parseInt((number % 1000)/501) ;
            break ;
        default:
        // If we get to here then the interval parameter
        // didn't meet the d,h,m,s criteria.  Handle
        // the error. 		
        alert(intervalMsg) ;
        return null ;
    }
    
    return iOut ;
}

// JavaScript Document

	function RTrim(str)
        /***
                PURPOSE: Remove trailing blanks from our string.
                IN: str - the string we want to RTrim

                RETVAL: An RTrimmed string!
        ***/
        {
                // 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;
        }


	
	function LTrim(str)
        /***
                PURPOSE: Remove leading blanks from our string.
                IN: str - the string we want to LTrim

                RETVAL: An LTrimmed string!
        ***/
        {
                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;
        }

		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));
        }

function validate(dd,mm,yy)
{
   var chk    = 0;
   var maxDay = 0;

   var _dd=parseInt(dd);
   var _mm=parseInt(mm);
   var _yy=parseInt(yy);


   // calling function to get maximum day for this month
   maxDay = max_day(mm, yy);  
   if(dd!=_dd || mm!=_mm || yy!=_yy)   { chk = 1;}
   else if((dd <= 0) || (dd > maxDay)) { chk = 1;}
   else if((mm <= 0) || (mm > 12))     { chk = 1;}
   else if((yy <= 0))                  { chk = 1;} 

   return chk;
//   if(chk) { _form.r1.value="Invalid date"; }
//   else    { _form.r1.value="Valid date"; }
//   setTimeout('document.f1.r1.className="fm1";',300);
}

// function for calculating maximum day 
function max_day(mn, yr)
{
  var mDay;
  if((mn == 4) || (mn == 6) || (mn == 9) || (mn == 11))
  { 
    mDay = 30;
  }
  else if(mn == 2)
  {
    //calling leap year function 
    mDay = isLeapYear(yr) ? 29 : 28;    
  }
  else
  {
    mDay = 31;
  }
  return mDay; 
}

// function to check leap year
function isLeapYear(yr)
{
  if      (yr % 4 != 0)   return false;
  else if (yr % 400 == 0) return true;
  else if (yr % 100 == 0) return false;
  else                    return true;
}



	function MostraErrore(Messaggio,luogoerrore,formdati)
	{
		var DisplayErrore 
		var AreaMessaggioErrore 
		var luogoerrore
		var tuttiglielementi 
		
		DisplayErrore = document.getElementById('DisplayErrore');
		AreaMessaggioErrore = document.getElementById('AreaMessaggioErrore');

	

		AreaMessaggioErrore.innerHTML = Messaggio;

		
		if  (Messaggio!='') {
			DisplayErrore.style.display="inline";		
		}
		else
		{
			DisplayErrore.style.display="none";					
		}
		
		if (luogoerrore !='')
		{
			var luoghierrore = new String(luogoerrore);
			
			elencoluoghierrore = luoghierrore.split('|');
			
			tuttiglielementi = formdati.elements;

			
			for (i=0 ; i < tuttiglielementi.length;i++)
			{				
				if (tuttiglielementi[i].className=='INFOERRATA' )
				{
					tuttiglielementi[i].className='CAMPOINFO';
				}
			}
			
			for (i in elencoluoghierrore)
			{
				luogoerrore = document.getElementById(elencoluoghierrore[i]);
				if (luogoerrore!=null)
				{
					luogoerrore.className='INFOERRATA';						
				}

				}
		}
			
	}