function  validateString( strValue ) {
 var objRegExp  =  /(^[a-zA-Z]+$)/; 
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}
function  validateNumeric( strValue ) {
/******************************************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains only valid numbers.

PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
******************************************************************************/
  var objRegExp  =  /(^-?\d\d*\.\d*$)|(^-?\d\d*$)|(^-?\.\d\d*$)/; 
 
  //check for numeric characters 
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}
function  validatephone( strField ) {

valid_text = true; 
var numPass=true;
var k = 0;
for (k = 0; k < strField.length; k++)
{
 //alert(strField.charAt(k)+"===>"+k+"==>"+strField);
 if ((strField.charAt(k) < '0' || strField.charAt(k) > '9') && (strField.charAt(k) != '-') && (strField.charAt(k) != '(' && (strField.charAt(k) != ')' && (strField.charAt(k) != ' '))))
 {
  valid_text = false; 
  k = strField.length;
 }
}
return valid_text;
}

 function parseCurrency(field)
     {
          var currency = /^\d*(?:\.\d{0,2})?$/;
          
          if(!currency.test(field) || parseInt(field) <= 0)
          {
               return 0;
          }else{
		return 1;
	  }
     }
function validateInteger( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains only 
    valid integer number.
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
******************************************************************************/
  var objRegExp  = /(^-?\d\d*$)/;
 
  //check for integer characters
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateNotEmpty( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string is not all
  blank (whitespace) characters.
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/
   var strTemp = strValue;
   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
   if(strTemp.length > 0){
     return true;
   }  
   return false;
}

function validateEmail( strValue) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains a 
  valid email pattern. 
  
 PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
   
REMARKS: Accounts for email with country appended
  does not validate that email contains valid URL
  type (.com, .gov, etc.) and optionally,
  a valid country suffix.  Since email has many
  forms this expression only tests for near valid
  address.  Some additional validation may be
  required.
*************************************************/
var objRegExp  = /^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9_\-\.]*)@([a-z0-9_\-\.]*)(\.[a-z]{2,3}(\.[a-z]{2}){0,2})$/i;
  //check for valid email
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function rightTrim( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Trims trailing whitespace chars.
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be trimmed.  
      
RETURNS:
   Source string with right whitespaces removed.
*************************************************/
var objRegExp = /^([\w\W]*)(\b\s*)$/;
 
      if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       //remove trailing a whitespace characters
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$1');
    }
  return strValue;
}

function leftTrim( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Trims leading whitespace chars.
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be trimmed
   
RETURNS:
   Source string with left whitespaces removed.
*************************************************/
var objRegExp = /^(\s*)(\b[\w\W]*)$/;
 
      if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       //remove leading a whitespace characters
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$2');
    }
  return strValue;
}

function trimAll( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Removes leading and trailing spaces.

PARAMETERS: Source string from which spaces will
  be removed;

RETURNS: Source string with whitespaces removed.
*************************************************/ 
 var objRegExp = /^(\s*)$/;

    //check for all spaces
    if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '');
       if( strValue.length == 0)
          return strValue;
    }
    
   //check for leading & trailing spaces
   objRegExp = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
   if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$2');
    }
  return strValue;
}

function validateCurrency( strValue)  {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains a 
  valid currency format. 
  
 PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/
  var objRegExp = /(^\$\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*\.\d{2}$)|(^\(\$\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*\.\d{2}\)$)/;

  return objRegExp.test( strValue );
}

function validateTime ( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains a 
  valid 12 hour time format. Seconds are optional.
  
 PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.

REMARKS: Returns True for time formats such as:
  HH:MM or HH:MM:SS or HH:MM:SS.mmm (where the
  .mmm is milliseconds as used in SQL Server 
  datetime datatype.  Also, the .mmm portion will 
  accept 1 to 3 digits after the period)
*************************************************/
  var objRegExp = /^([1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5]\d(:[0-5]\d(\.\d{1,3})?)?$/;

  return objRegExp.test( strValue );

}

function validateState (strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains a 
  valid state abbreviation. 
  
 PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/

var objRegExp = /^(AK|AL|AR|AZ|CA|CO|CT|DC|DE|FL|GA|HI|IA|ID|IL|IN|KS|KY|LA|MA|MD|ME|MI|MN|MO|MS|MT|NB|NC|ND|NH|NJ|NM|NV|NY|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VA|VT|WA|WI|WV|WY)$/i; 
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateSSN( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains a 
  valid social security number. 
  
 PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/
var objRegExp  = /^\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{4}$/;
 
  //check for valid SSN
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);

}



function validateUSPhone( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains valid
  US phone pattern. 
  Ex. (999) 999-9999 or (999)999-9999
  
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/
 var objRegExp  = /^\d{3}\ \d{3}\ \d{4}$/;
 
  //check for valid us phone with or without space between 
  //area code
  return objRegExp.test(trimAll(strValue)); 
}
function validateUSPhone_org( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains valid
  US phone pattern. 
  Ex. (999) 999-9999 or (999)999-9999
  
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
*************************************************/
  var objRegExp  = /^\([1-9]\d{2}\)\s?\d{3}\-\d{4}$/;
 
  //check for valid us phone with or without space between 
  //area code
  return objRegExp.test(trimAll(strValue)); 
}




function validateUSZip( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string a United
  States zip code in 5 digit format or zip+4
  format. 99999 or 99999-9999
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.

*************************************************/
var objRegExp  = /(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/;
 
  //check for valid US Zipcode
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateUrl(strValue) 
	{ 
	var objRegExp=/^(http:\/\/www.|https:\/\/www.|ftp:\/\/www.|www.|http:\/\/|https:\/\/){1}([\w]+)(.[\w]+){1,2}$/;
	return objRegExp.test(strValue);
	} 



function replace(argvalue, x, y) {

  if ((x == y) || (parseInt(y.indexOf(x)) > -1)) {
    errmessage = "replace function error: \n";
    errmessage += "Second argument and third argument could be the same ";
    errmessage += "or third argument contains second argument.\n";
    errmessage += "This will create an infinite loop as it's replaced globally.";
    alert(errmessage);
    return false;
  }
    
  while (argvalue.indexOf(x) != -1) {
    var leading = argvalue.substring(0, argvalue.indexOf(x));
    var trailing = argvalue.substring(argvalue.indexOf(x) + x.length, 
	argvalue.length);
    argvalue = leading + y + trailing;
  }

  return argvalue;

}
function validateUSDate( strValue ) {
/************************************************
DESCRIPTION: Validates that a string contains only 
    valid dates with 2 digit month, 2 digit day, 
    4 digit year. Date separator can be ., -, or /.
    Uses combination of regular expressions and 
    string parsing to validate date.
    Ex. mm/dd/yyyy or mm-dd-yyyy or mm.dd.yyyy
    
PARAMETERS:
   strValue - String to be tested for validity
   
RETURNS:
   True if valid, otherwise false.
   
REMARKS:
   Avoids some of the limitations of the Date.parse()
   method such as the date separator character.
*************************************************/
  var objRegExp = /^\d{1,2}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{4}$/
 
  //check to see if in correct format
  if(!objRegExp.test(strValue))
    return false; //doesn't match pattern, bad date
  else{
    var arrayDate = strValue.split(RegExp.$1); //split date into month, day, year
	var intDay = parseInt(arrayDate[1],10); 
	var intYear = parseInt(arrayDate[2],10);
    var intMonth = parseInt(arrayDate[0],10);
	
	//check for valid month
	if(intMonth > 12 || intMonth < 1) {
		return false;
	}
	
    //create a lookup for months not equal to Feb.
    var arrayLookup = { '01' : 31,'03' : 31, '04' : 30,'05' : 31,'06' : 30,'07' : 31,
                        '08' : 31,'09' : 30,'10' : 31,'11' : 30,'12' : 31}
  
    //check if month value and day value agree
    if(arrayLookup[arrayDate[0]] != null) {
      if(intDay <= arrayLookup[arrayDate[0]] && intDay != 0)
        return true; //found in lookup table, good date
    }
		
    //check for February
	var booLeapYear = (intYear % 4 == 0 && (intYear % 100 != 0 || intYear % 400 == 0));
    if( ((booLeapYear && intDay <= 29) || (!booLeapYear && intDay <=28)) && intDay !=0)
      return true; //Feb. had valid number of days
  }
  return false; //any other values, bad date
}

function IsvalidURL(imageURL)
{
		lengthValue = trimAll(imageURL);
		lengthValue = lengthValue.length;
		if(lengthValue != 0)
		{
		var j = new RegExp();
		j.compile("^[A-Za-z]+://[A-Za-z0-9-]+\.[A-Za-z0-9]+");             
		lengthValue = trimAll(imageURL);
	
		if (!j.test(lengthValue))
		{
			return false;
		}
		else
		{
			return true;
		}
		}
	
}
function funcValidateCreditCardNum(CreditCardNum)
{
	var ccNumb=CreditCardNum;
	var valid = "0123456789";
	var len = ccNumb.length;  
	var iCCN = parseInt(ccNumb);  
	var sCCN = ccNumb.toString();  
	sCCN = sCCN.replace (/^\s+|\s+$/g,'');  
	var iTotal = 0;  
	var bNum = true;  
	var bResult = false;  
	var temp;  // temp variable for parsing string
	var calc;  // used for calculation of each digit


	// ccNumb is a number and the proper length - let's see if it is a valid card number
	if(len >= 13 && len <=16)
	{  // 15 or 16 for Amex or V/MC					
			for(var i=len;i>0;i--)
				{  // LOOP throught the digits of the card
					  calc = parseInt(iCCN) % 10;  // right most digit
					  calc = parseInt(calc);  // assure it is an integer
					  iTotal += calc;  // running total of the card number as we loop - Do Nothing to first digit
					  i--;  // decrement the count - move to the next digit in the card
					  iCCN = iCCN / 10;                               // subtracts right most digit from ccNumb
					  calc = parseInt(iCCN) % 10 ;    // NEXT right most digit
					  calc = calc *2;                                 // multiply the digit by two
					  // Instead of some screwy method of converting 16 to a string and then parsing 1 and 6 and then adding them to make 7,
					  // I use a simple switch statement to change the value of calc2 to 7 if 16 is the multiple.
					  switch(calc)
					  {
						case 10: calc = 1; break;       //5*2=10 & 1+0 = 1
						case 12: calc = 3; break;       //6*2=12 & 1+2 = 3
						case 14: calc = 5; break;       //7*2=14 & 1+4 = 5
						case 16: calc = 7; break;       //8*2=16 & 1+6 = 7
						case 18: calc = 9; break;       //9*2=18 & 1+8 = 9
						default: calc = calc;           //4*2= 8 &   8 = 8  -same for all lower numbers
					  }                                               
					iCCN = iCCN / 10;  // subtracts right most digit from ccNum
					iTotal += calc;  // running total of the card number as we loop
				}  // END OF LOOP
		  if(! ((iTotal%10)==0))
			{
				return false;
			}	
	}	
	else
	{
		return false;
	}
}