function validEmail(email, fieldNo) {
	invalidChars = "\/:,;|[]{}'><?"

	for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++) {
		badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i);
		if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) != -1) {
			alert('The email address ' + fieldNo + ' contains an invalid character: '+badChar);
			return false;
			}
		}

	atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)
	if (atPos == -1) {
			alert('The email address ' + fieldNo + ' is incomplete: missing "@"');
			return false;
		}

	if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) {
			alert('The email address ' + fieldNo + ' contains a more than 1 (one) @ character');
			return false;
		}

	periodPos = email.indexOf(".",atPos)
	if (periodPos == -1) {
			alert('The email address ' + fieldNo + ' is incomplete: missing "."');
			return false;
	}

 	if (periodPos+3 > email.length) {
			alert('The email address ' + fieldNo + ' is incomplete: missing ".com/ net /org ?"');
			return false;
	}
	
	return true
}

function addresp_valid(form) {

	// email has been entered and valid
	if ((form.AddRespAddress1.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress1.value, "1") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress2.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress2.value, "2") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress3.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress3.value, "3") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress4.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress4.value, "4") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress5.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress5.value, "5") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress6.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress6.value, "6") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress7.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress7.value, "7") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress8.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress8.value, "8") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress9.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress9.value, "9") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress10.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress10.value, "10") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress11.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress11.value, "11") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress12.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress12.value, "12") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress13.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress13.value, "13") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress14.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress14.value, "14") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	
	if ((form.AddRespAddress15.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress15.value, "15") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	if ((form.AddRespAddress16.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress16.value, "16") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	if ((form.AddRespAddress17.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress17.value, "17") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	if ((form.AddRespAddress18.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress18.value, "18") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	if ((form.AddRespAddress19.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress19.value, "19") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
	if ((form.AddRespAddress20.value != "")) {
		if (validEmail(form.AddRespAddress20.value, "20") == false) {
			return false;
		}
	}
}

// name - name of the cookie
// value - value of the cookie
// [expires] - expiration date of the cookie (defaults to end of current session)
// [path] - path for which the cookie is valid (defaults to path of calling document)
// [domain] - domain for which the cookie is valid (defaults to domain of calling document)
// [secure] - Boolean value indicating if the cookie transmission requires a secure transmission
// * an argument defaults when it is assigned null as a placeholder
// * a null placeholder is not required for trailing omitted arguments
function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) {
  var curCookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
      ((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
      ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
      ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
      ((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
  document.cookie = curCookie;
}

// name - name of the desired cookie
// * return string containing value of specified cookie or null if cookie does not exist
function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = dc.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

// name - name of the cookie
// [path] - path of the cookie (must be same as path used to create cookie)
// [domain] - domain of the cookie (must be same as domain used to create cookie)
// * path and domain default if assigned null or omitted if no explicit argument proceeds
function deleteCookie(name, path, domain) {
  if (getCookie(name)) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + 
    ((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
    ((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
    "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
  }
}

// date - any instance of the Date object
// * hand all instances of the Date object to this function for "repairs"
function fixDate(date) {
  var base = new Date(0);
  var skew = base.getTime();
  if (skew > 0)
    date.setTime(date.getTime() - skew);
}

function getarg ( arg ) {
  var dc = location.href;
  var prefix = arg + "=" ;
  var begin = dc.indexOf("&" + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 1;
    var end = dc.indexOf("&", begin + 1);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}

//return the full url not including the current document and options
function getdirpath (URL){
  var result = unescape ( URL.substring ( 0, ( URL.lastIndexOf ( "/" ) ) + 1 ) )
   return result
}