function validateForm(frm) {
	objlist = frm.reqfld;
	if (objlist.length) {
		for (i=0; i < objlist.length; i++) {
			if (!objlist[i].disabled) {
				obj = document.getElementsByName(objlist[i].value)[0];
				switch (obj.type) {
					case 'text': case 'textarea': case 'password':
						if (obj.value.replace(/ */, '') == '') {
							validateMessage(obj, objlist[i].title);
							return false;
						}
						break;
					case 'select-one':
						if (obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].value == '' || obj.options[obj.selectedIndex].value == 0) {
							validateMessage(obj, objlist[i].title, 'select a');
							return false;
						}
						break;
					case 'checkbox':
						obj = document.getElementsByName(objlist[i].value);
						foundchk = false;
						for (j=0; j < obj.length; j++) {
							if (obj[j].checked == true)
								foundchk = true;
						}
						if (!foundchk) {
							validateMessage(obj[0], objlist[i].title, 'select at least one');
							return false;
						}
						break;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	return true;
}
function validateMessage(fld, name, msg) {
	if (!msg) msg = 'enter a';
	alert('Please ' + msg + ' value for the ' + name + ' field.');
	fld.focus();
}



function ValidateField(fld, type, message) {
	if (type != "date" && type != "datetime" && type != "time" && type != "lookup" && type != "checks")
		var fieldvalue = fld.value.replace(/ $/);

	switch(type) {
		case "text": case "varchar": case "memo": case "halign": case "color": case "date": case "html":
			if (fieldvalue == "") {	
				fld.focus();
				alert(message);
				return false;
			}
			break;

		case "image" :
			var ret = true;
		
			if (fieldvalue.length < 5)
				ret = false;
				
			fieldvalue = fieldvalue.toLowerCase();
			if (fieldvalue.substr(fieldvalue.length-4, 4) != ".gif" && fieldvalue.substr(fieldvalue.length-4, 4) != ".jpg" && fieldvalue.substr(fieldvalue.length-5, 5) != ".jpeg")
				ret = false;
				
			if (fieldvalue.indexOf(":") != -1 && fieldvalue.indexOf("?") != -1 && fieldvalue.indexOf("&") != -1 && fieldvalue.indexOf("+") != -1)
				ret = false;
			
			if (!ret) {
				fld.focus();
				fld.value = "";
				alert(message + "\n- valid image file types are: (gif,jpg,jpeg)\n- file names can NOT contain an of the following characters: (?,&,+,:)");
			}
			return ret;
			
			break;
			
		case "email" :
			if (fieldvalue == "" || fieldvalue.length < 6 || fieldvalue.indexOf("@") < 1 || fieldvalue.indexOf("@") > (fieldvalue.length - 5) || fieldvalue.indexOf("@") != fieldvalue.lastIndexOf("@") || fieldvalue.lastIndexOf(".") > (fieldvalue.length - 3)) {
				fld.focus();
				alert(message + "\n- valid email addresses are formatted (eg): yourname@domain.com");
				return false;
			}
			break;
			
		case "currency" :
			if (fld.value == "" || fld.value.replace(/[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]?[0-9]?/, "") != "") {
				fld.focus();
				alert(message + "\n- must be a valid currency entry (no $ sign, max 2 decimal places).");
				return false;
			}
			break;
			
		case "int" :
			if (fld.value == "" || fld.value.replace(/[0-9]+/, "") != "") {
				fld.focus();
				alert(message + "\n- must be a valid integer (non-decimal number).");
				return false;
			}
			break;
			
		case "dec" :
			if (fld.value == "" || fld.value.replace(/[0-9]*[.]?[0-9]*/, "") != "") {
				fld.focus();
				alert(message + "\n- must be a valid decimal number.");
				return false;
			}
			break;
			
		case "lookup": case "select":
			if (fld.options[fld.selectedIndex].value == "" || fld.options[fld.selectedIndex].value == "0") {
				fld.focus();
				alert(message);
				return false;
			}
			break;
		
		case "checks":
			checkcheck = false;
			
			if (fld.length == undefined) {
				if (fld.checked)
					checkcheck = true;
			}				
			else {
				for (var i=0; i < fld.length; i++) {
					if (fld[i].checked) {
						checkcheck = true;
						break;
					}
				}
			}
			if (!checkcheck) {
				alert(message + "\n- select at least one item from the list by clicking the box so that a check appears in it.");
				return false;
			}
			break;
	}	
	return true;
}