function isNotEmpty(elem) {
	
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /.+/;
    if(!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Please fill in the required field.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('" + elem.form.name + "', '" + elem.name + "')", 0);
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

function isNotEmptyById(elem) {
	
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /.+/;
    if(!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Please fill in the required field.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('', '" + elem.id + "')", 0);
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

function isNotEmptyNoNag(elem) {
	
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /.+/;
    if(!str.match(re)) {
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}

//validates that the entry is a positive or negative number
function isNumber(elem) {
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /^[-]?\d*\.?\d*$/;
    str = str.toString();
    if (!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Enter only numbers into the field.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('" + elem.form.name + "', '" + elem.name + "')", 0);
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}
// validates that the entry is 16 characters long
function isLen16(elem) {
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /\b.{16}\b/;
    if (!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Entry does not contain the required 16 characters.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('" + elem.form.name + "', '" + elem.name + "')", 0);
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}
// validates that the entry is formatted as an e-mail address
function isEMailAddr(elem) {
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /^[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)*@([\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/;
    if (!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Verify the e-mail address format.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('" + elem.form.name + "', '" + elem.name + "')", 0);
        return false;
    } else {
        return true;
    }
}
// validate that the user made a selection other than default
function isChosen(select) {
    if (select.selectedIndex == 0) {
        return false;
    } 
	else 
	{
        return true;
    }
}

// validate that the user has checked one of the radio buttons
function isValidRadio(radio) {
    var valid = false;
    for (var i = 0; i < radio.length; i++) {
        if (radio[i].checked) {
            return true;
        }
    }
    alert("Make a choice from the radio buttons.");
    return false;
}

function focusElement(formName, elemName) {
    var elem = 	null;
	
	if (formName != '' )
	    elem = document.forms[formName].elements[elemName];
	else
		elem = document.getElementById(elemName);

	if ( elem != null ) 
	{
		elem.focus();		
		try{
			elem.select();
		}
		catch ( e ) {}
	}
}

function setFocus(field)
{
try	{		
		var focus = document.getElementById(field) ;
		
		focus.focus();
	}
	catch (e){
	}
}

// Dates

function checkDate(fld) {
    var mo, day, yr;
    var entry = fld.value;
    var re = /\b\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{1,2}[\/-]\d{4}\b/;
    if (re.test(entry)) {
        var delimChar = (entry.indexOf("/") != -1) ? "/" : "-";
        var delim1 = entry.indexOf(delimChar);
        var delim2 = entry.lastIndexOf(delimChar);
        mo = parseInt(entry.substring(0, delim1), 10);
        day = parseInt(entry.substring(delim1+1, delim2), 10);
        yr = parseInt(entry.substring(delim2+1), 10);
        var testDate = new Date(yr, mo-1, day);
        if (testDate.getDate() == day) {
            if (testDate.getMonth() + 1 == mo) {
                if (testDate.getFullYear() == yr) {
                    return true;
                } else {
                    alert("There is a problem with the year entry.");
                }
            } else {
                alert("There is a problem with the month entry.");
            }
        } else {
            alert("There is a problem with the date entry.");
        }
    } else {
        alert("Incorrect date format. Enter as mm/dd/yyyy.");
    }
    return false;
}

function validateDate(fld) {
    if (!checkDate(fld)) {
        // focus if validation fails
        fld.focus();
        fld.select();
    }
}

function round_decimals(original_number, decimals) {
    var result1 = original_number * Math.pow(10, decimals)
    var result2 = Math.round(result1)
    var result3 = result2 / Math.pow(10, decimals)
    return pad_with_zeros(result3, decimals)
}

function pad_with_zeros(rounded_value, decimal_places) {

    // Convert the number to a string
    var value_string = rounded_value.toString()
    
    // Locate the decimal point
    var decimal_location = value_string.indexOf(".")

    // Is there a decimal point?
    if (decimal_location == -1) {
        
        // If no, then all decimal places will be padded with 0s
        decimal_part_length = 0
        
        // If decimal_places is greater than zero, tack on a decimal point
        value_string += decimal_places > 0 ? "." : ""
    }
    else {

        // If yes, then only the extra decimal places will be padded with 0s
        decimal_part_length = value_string.length - decimal_location - 1
    }
    
    // Calculate the number of decimal places that need to be padded with 0s
    var pad_total = decimal_places - decimal_part_length
    
    if (pad_total > 0) {
        
        // Pad the string with 0s
        for (var counter = 1; counter <= pad_total; counter++) 
            value_string += "0"
        }
    return value_string
}
function isInteger(elem) {
	var str = elem.value;
    var re = /\d+$/;
    str = str.toString();
    if (!str.match(re)) {
        alert("Enter only numbers into the field.");
        setTimeout("focusElement('', '" + elem.id + "')", 0);
        return false;
    }
    return true;
}