function echeck(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   alert("Please enter a valid email")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   alert("Please enter a valid email")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    alert("Please enter a valid email")
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    alert("Please enter a valid email")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    alert("Please enter a valid email")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    alert("Please enter a valid email")
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    alert("Please enter a valid e-mail")
		    return false
		 }

 		 return true					
	}

function ValidateForm(emailField){
	var emailID=emailField;
	
	if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){
		//alert("Please enter in an email address")
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}
	if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){
		emailID.value=""
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}
	return true
 }



function IsEmpty(aTextField) {
   if ((aTextField.value.length==0) ||  (aTextField.value==null)) {
      return true;
   }
   else { 
     return false; 
   }
}
function IsEmpty(aTextField) {
   if ((aTextField.value.length==0) ||
   (aTextField.value==null)) {
      return true;
   }
   else { return false; }
}	

// return the value of the radio button that is checked
// return an empty string if none are checked, or
// there are no radio buttons
function getCheckedValue(radioObj) {
	if(!radioObj)
		return "";
	var radioLength = radioObj.length;
	if(radioLength == undefined)
		if(radioObj.checked)
			return radioObj.value;
		else
			return "";
	for(var i = 0; i < radioLength; i++) {
		if(radioObj[i].checked) {
			return radioObj[i].value;
		}
	}
	return "";
}

// set the radio button with the given value as being checked
// do nothing if there are no radio buttons
// if the given value does not exist, all the radio buttons
// are reset to unchecked
function setCheckedValue(radioObj, newValue) {
	if(!radioObj)
		return;
	var radioLength = radioObj.length;
	if(radioLength == undefined) {
		radioObj.checked = (radioObj.value == newValue.toString());
		return;
	}
	for(var i = 0; i < radioLength; i++) {
		radioObj[i].checked = false;
		if(radioObj[i].value == newValue.toString()) {
			radioObj[i].checked = true;
		}
	}
}