function validateNumeric(obj) {
	ov = new String(obj.value);
	if(ov.toString() == '-') {
	    return false;
	}
	if (isNaN(obj.value)) {
		obj.value = ov.substring(0,ov.length -1);
	}
}

function validateNumericToDefault(obj,DefaultValue) {
	ov = new String(obj.value);
	if(ov.toString() == '-') {
	    return false;
	}
	
	if (isNaN(obj.value)) {
	    var strOut = new String(ov.substring(0,ov.length -1) + '');	    
        if(strOut.length == 0) {
            strOut = DefaultValue;
        }    
   		obj.value = strOut
	}
}




/*
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#################														#################
#################	EMAIL CHECK FUNCTION [function emailCheck()]		#################
#################														#################
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*/

			function emailCheck (emailStr) {
			/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
			   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
			   from the domain. */
			var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
			/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
			   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
			   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
			var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
			/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
			   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
			var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
			/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
			   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
			   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
			   is a legal e-mail address. */
			var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
			/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
			   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
			   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
			var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
			/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
			   non-special characters.) */
			var atom=validChars + '+'
			/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
			   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
			   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
			var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
			// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
			var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
			/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
			   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
			var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")


			/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
			   valid. */

			/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
			   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
			var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
			if (matchArray==null) {
			  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
			     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
				return false
			}
			var user=matchArray[1]
			var domain=matchArray[2]

			// See if "user" is valid 
			if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
			    // user is not valid
			    return false
			}

			/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
			   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
			var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
			if (IPArray!=null) {
			    // this is an IP address
				  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
				    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
					return false
				    }
			    }
			    return true
			}

			// Domain is symbolic name
			var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
			if (domainArray==null) {
			    return false
			}

			/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
			   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
			   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
			   the domain or country. */

			/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
			   it consists of. */
			var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
			var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
			var len=domArr.length
			if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
			    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
			   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
			   return false
			}

			// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
			if (len<2) {
			   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
			   
			   return false
			}

				// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
				return true;
			}

function validSelect(obj,friendlyname) {
	if(obj.selectedIndex == 0) {
		alert('Please select a value for ' + friendlyname);
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}


function validTextInput(obj,minLen,friendlyname) {
	var re = new RegExp('\\w+');
	
	if(!re.test(obj.value)) {
		alert('Please provide a value for ' + friendlyname);
		return false;
	} else {
		var s = new String(obj.value);
		if(s.length < minLen) {
			alert(friendlyname + ' must be at least ' + minLen + ' characters long');
			return false;
		}
	}
	return true;	
}


function whichBrs() {
	var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();
	if (agt.indexOf("opera") != -1) return 'Opera';
	if (agt.indexOf("staroffice") != -1) return 'Star Office';
	if (agt.indexOf("beonex") != -1) return 'Beonex';
	if (agt.indexOf("chimera") != -1) return 'Chimera';
	if (agt.indexOf("netpositive") != -1) return 'NetPositive';
	if (agt.indexOf("phoenix") != -1) return 'Phoenix';
	if (agt.indexOf("firefox") != -1) return 'Firefox';
	if (agt.indexOf("safari") != -1) return 'Safari';
	if (agt.indexOf("skipstone") != -1) return 'SkipStone';
	if (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1) return 'Internet Explorer';
	if (agt.indexOf("netscape") != -1) return 'Netscape';
	if (agt.indexOf("mozilla/5.0") != -1) return 'Mozilla';
	if (agt.indexOf('\/') != -1) {
	if (agt.substr(0,agt.indexOf('\/')) != 'mozilla') {
	return navigator.userAgent.substr(0,agt.indexOf('\/'));}
	else return 'Netscape';} else if (agt.indexOf(' ') != -1)
	return navigator.userAgent.substr(0,agt.indexOf(' '));
	else return navigator.userAgent;
}