//poll related function

var ToShowPoll = 1



function SetNoShowPoll() {

	ToShowPoll = 0

}



//check whether passed parameter is a valid number

function notNumber(number) {

	number = number.toString()



	for (var i=0; i<number.length; i++) {

		if (number.charAt(i) > "9" || number.charAt(i) < "0") return true

	}



	return false

}





//adds digit grouping to the number

function formatNumber(number) {

	if (number.toString() == "") return "On Request"



	if (number < 0) {

		var sign = "-"

		number = -number

	} else{

		var sign = ""

	}



	number = number.toString()

	var tmpNumber = ""



	for (var i=0; i<number.length; i++) {

		if (i % 3 == 0 && i != 0) tmpNumber = "," + tmpNumber

		tmpNumber = number.substring(number.length - i - 1, number.length - i) + tmpNumber

	}



	return sign + tmpNumber

}





//check whether passed validated control contains any of passes invalid characters (case insensitive)

function invalidChars(validatedControl, validatedName, charString) {

	var validatedString = trim(validatedControl.value).toLowerCase()

	charString = charString.toLowerCase()



	for (var i=0; i<validatedString.length; i++) {

		for (var j=0; j<charString.length; j++) {

			if (validatedString.charAt(i) == charString.charAt(j)) {

				var alertString = charString.split("").join("  ")

				alertString = alertString.split("     ").join("  space  ")

				alert(validatedName + " cannot contain any of the following\nillegal characters:\n\n " + alertString)

				validatedControl.focus()

				return true

			}

		}

	}



	return false

}





//check whether text-box is empty

function isEmpty(field, fieldName) {

	if (trim(field.value) == "") {

		alert("Please enter " + fieldName + ".")

		field.focus()

		return true

	}



	return false

}





//check whether selection has been made in the select-box

function notSelected(field, fieldName) {

	if (field.selectedIndex == 0) {

		alert("Please select " + fieldName + ".")

		field.focus()

		return true

	}



	return false

}





//trim string

function trim(stringToTrim) {

	var trimmedString = ""



	//left trim

	for(var i=0; i<stringToTrim.length; i++) {

		if (stringToTrim.charAt(i) != " ") break

	}



	trimmedString = stringToTrim.substring(i)



	//right trim

	for(var i=trimmedString.length-1; i>=0; i--) {

		if (trimmedString.charAt(i) != " ") break

	}



	trimmedString = trimmedString.substring(0, i + 1)



	return trimmedString

}





//validate email address

function notEmail(field) {

	var email = trim(field.value)



	if (email == "") return false



	var at = false

	var dot = false



	for (var i=0; i<email.length; i++) {

		if (email.charAt(i) == "@") at = true

		if (email.charAt(i) == "." && at) dot = true

	}



	if (at && dot && email.length > 5) {

		return false

	} else {

		alert("The e-mail you entered is not a valid e-mail address.")

		field.focus()

		return true

	}

}





//validate ASCII Character Set 

function charCheck(field, message) {

	var txt = field.value



	for (var i=0; i<txt.length; i++) {

		if (txt.charCodeAt(i) >= 128) {	

			alert(message) 

			field.focus()

			return true

		}

	}



	return false

}





//checks whether selected option has invalid value and selects option with gotoIndex

function checkInvalVal(sel, invalVal, gotoIndex) {

	if (GetSelVal(sel) == invalVal) sel.selectedIndex = gotoIndex

}





//date validation

function validDate(date, ctlDay) {

	return date.getDate() == GetSelVal(ctlDay)

}





//set select box value

function SetSelVal(ctl, newVal) {

	for (var i=0; i<ctl.length; i++) {

		if (ctl[i].value == newVal) {

			ctl[i].selected = true

			ctl.selectedIndex = i

			break

		}

	}

}





//get select box value

function GetSelVal(ctl) {

	var selIdx = ctl.selectedIndex

	return selIdx == -1 ? "" : ctl[selIdx].value

}





//check length of text in the passed control

function invalLength(ctl, ctlName, maxLen) {

	var ctlLen = trim(ctl.value).length



	if (ctlLen > maxLen) {

		alert("Please limit " + ctlName + " to " + maxLen + " characters.\nYou have used " + ctlLen + " characters.")

		ctl.focus()

		return true

	}



	return false

}





//open new window

function openWnd(url, name, height, width, directories, location, menubar, resizable, scrollbars, status, toolbar) {

	wnd = window.open(url, name, "alwaysRaised=1,height=" + height + ",width=" + width + ",directories=" + directories + ",locaton=" + location + ",menubar=" + menubar + ",resizable=" + resizable + ",scrollbars=" + scrollbars + ",status=" + status + ",toolbar=" + toolbar)

	wnd.focus()

}





//unencode url-encoded string

function URLDecode(urlStr) {

	return unescape(urlStr.replace(/\+/g, " "))

}





//remove all name/value pairs with the passed name from url-encoded querystring

function remQStringName(qString, name) {

	var i

	var qStringNew = ""



	if (qString != "") {

		var curName

		var arrNameVal = qString.split("&")



		for (i in arrNameVal) {

			curName = URLDecode(arrNameVal[i].split("=")[0])

			if (curName.toLowerCase() != name.toLowerCase()) qStringNew += "&" + arrNameVal[i]

		}

	}



	return qStringNew.substr(1)

}





//replace or add a name/value pairs in url-encoded querystring

function setQStringName(qString, name, arrVal) {

	var qStringNew = remQStringName(qString, name)

	var start = qStringNew == "" ? 1 : 0

	for (var i in arrVal) qStringNew += "&" + escape(name) + "=" + escape(arrVal[i])

	return qStringNew.substr(start)

}





//extract (first!) value from querystring for the passed name

function GetQSVal(qsName) {

	var qsPair

	var qString = location.search.substr(1)

	var arrNameVal = qString.split("&")



	for (var i in arrNameVal) {

		qsPair = arrNameVal[i].split("=")

		if (URLDecode(qsPair[0]).toLowerCase() == qsName.toLowerCase()) return URLDecode(qsPair[1])

	}



	return ""

}