function resetAlerts(oarrInput){
    for (i=0; i < oarrInput.length; i++){
    errorNameToReset = oarrInput[i] + '_error';
      if (document.getElementById(errorNameToReset)){
        document.getElementById(errorNameToReset).style.visibility = 'hidden';
      }
    }
   }
   
   function checkPastDate(day,month,year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strToday = today.getDate();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year > strYear) {
      return true;
    } else if (strYear == year) {
      if (month > strMonth) {
        return true;
      } else if (strMonth == month) {
        if (day > strToday) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }

    return false;
  }
  
  function checkBirthDate(day,month,year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strToday = today.getDate();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year > strYear) {
      return true;
    } else if (strYear == year) {
      if (month > strMonth) {
        return true;
      } else if (strMonth == month) {
        if (day > strToday) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }

    return false;
  }
  
   function checkFutureDate(day,month,year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strToday = today.getDate();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year < strYear) {
      return true;
    } else if (strYear == year) {
      if (month < strMonth) {
        return true;
      } else if (strMonth == month) {
        if (day < strToday) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }

    return false;
  }
   
   function checkMail(oStringToCheck){
    var mailError = 0;
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-_.@";
    //alert('checkIllegalChars')
    for (n = 0; n < oStringToCheck.length; n++){
      //alert("checking: " + checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) + ", val: " + oStringToCheck.charAt(n));
      if (checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) == -1){
        charError++;
      }
    }

    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    } 

    var atSymbol = oStringToCheck.indexOf('@');
    var period = oStringToCheck.lastIndexOf('.')
    if (atSymbol == -1 || period == -1 || period==oStringToCheck.length){
      mailError++;
    }
    if (mailError > 0) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }

 function checkRadio(oRadioToCheck){
    var radioError = 1
    for (r=0; r < oRadioToCheck.length; r++){
      if (oRadioToCheck[r].checked){
        radioError = 0;
        return;
      }
      
    }
    if (radioError) return true;
  }
  
  function checkNumber(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck.replace(/,/, ""));
    if (isNaN(myNumber)) return true;
  }
  
  function checkDay(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck)
    if (isNaN(myNumber) || myNumber < 0 || myNumber > 31) return true;
  }
  
  function checkMonth(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck)
    if (isNaN(myNumber) || myNumber < 0 || myNumber > 12) return true;
  }
  
  function checkYear(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck)
    if (isNaN(myNumber) || myNumber < 00 || myNumber > 99) return true;
  }
  
  function checkFullYear(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck)
    if (isNaN(myNumber) || myNumber < 1900 || myNumber > 2010) return true;
  }

  function checkWeek(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck)
    if (isNaN(myNumber) || myNumber < 0 || myNumber > 52) return true;
  }
  
  function checkEmpty(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    if (oStringToCheck == ''){
      charError++;
    }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  function checkCreditCardNumber(oStringToCheck){
    var myNumber = Number(oStringToCheck.replace(/(\s)/g, ""));
    if (isNaN(myNumber)) return true;
  }
  
  function checkTotalNumber(string1, string2, string3){
    var myNumber1 = Number(string1.replace(/(,|\.)/g, ""));
    var myNumber2 = Number(string2.replace(/(,|\.)/g, ""));
    var myNumber3 = Number(string3.replace(/(,|\.)/g, ""));
    var total = myNumber1 + myNumber2 + myNumber3;
    if (total < 1) return true;
  }
  
  function checkOver21(day,month,year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strToday = today.getDate();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    strYear = strYear - 21;
    if (year > strYear) {
      return true;
    } else if (strYear == year ) {
      if (month > strMonth) {
        return true;
      } else if (strMonth == month) {
        if (day > strToday) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }

    return false;
  }
  
  function checkIllegalChars(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'-";
      for (n = 0; n < oStringToCheck.length; n++){
        if (checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) == -1){
          charError++;
        }
      }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }

 function checkIllegalCharsAllowSpace(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789'- ";
      for (n = 0; n < oStringToCheck.length; n++){
        if (checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) == -1){
          charError++;
        }
      }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }

  function checkAllChars(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz'-";
      for (n = 0; n < oStringToCheck.length; n++){
        if (checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) == -1){
          charError++;
        }
      }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  function checkNumberError(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "0123456789 ";
      for (n = 0; n < oStringToCheck.length; n++){
        if (checkOK.indexOf(oStringToCheck.charAt(n)) == -1 || oStringToCheck.length < 10 || oStringToCheck.length > 12){
          charError++;
        }
      }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  
  
  function checkPostcodeError(oStringToCheck){
    var postcodeError = 0;
    //alert("postcode checking");
    if (oStringToCheck.length < 2 || oStringToCheck.length > 8){
      postcodeError++;
    }
    if (postcodeError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  
  
  
  function showErrors(myErrorArray){
    for (t=0;t<myErrorArray.length; t++){
      myErrorName = myErrorArray[t];
      //alert("Showing this error: " + myErrorName);
      if (document.getElementById){
       document.getElementById(myErrorName).style.visibility = 'visible';
      }
    }
  }
  
  function showError(errorName){
      myErrorName = errorName + '_error';
      if (document.getElementById){
       document.getElementById(myErrorName).style.visibility = 'visible';
      }
  }
  
  function startHelp() {
    showHelp('Default',1); //show a div on page load (and init with a fresh value of 1)
  }

  function showHelp(id,fresh) {
  if (fresh==1) {
    prevId = 'Default';
  }
  if (typeof(prevId) != "undefined") {
    if (prevId){
      document.getElementById('lyr_'+prevId).style.visibility = 'hidden';
    }
    document.getElementById('lyr_'+id).style.visibility = 'visible';
    prevId = id;
    }
  }
  
function IsDateInPast(inputDate)
{
	var tempDay=new Date();	
	var today=new Date(tempDay.getFullYear(),tempDay.getMonth(),tempDay.getDate());
	today.setHours(0);
	today.setMinutes(0);
	today.setSeconds(0);	

	var substrings=inputDate.split('/');

	substrings[1]--;

	var inputDate = new Date(substrings[2],substrings[1],substrings[0]);


	return(today>inputDate);		
}

function IsDateInFuture(inputDate)
{
	var tempDay=new Date();	
	var today=new Date(tempDay.getFullYear(),tempDay.getMonth(),tempDay.getDate());
	today.setHours(0);
	today.setMinutes(0);
	today.setSeconds(0);	

	var substrings=inputDate.split('/');

	substrings[1]--;

	var inputDate = new Date(substrings[2],substrings[1],substrings[0]);

	
	return(inputDate>today);		
}

function IsDateWithin30Days(inputDate)
{
	var tempDay=new Date();	
	var futureDate = new Date(tempDay.getFullYear(),tempDay.getMonth(),tempDay.getDate());
	futureDate.setHours(0);
	futureDate.setMinutes(0);
	futureDate.setSeconds(0);
	//Advance today by 30 days.
	futureDate.setDate(futureDate.getDate()+30);

	var substrings=inputDate.split('/');

	substrings[1]--;

	var inputDate = new Date(substrings[2],substrings[1],substrings[0]);
	return(inputDate<=futureDate);		
}

function FormatDate(inputDate)
{
	return(inputDate.getDate() + '/' + inputDate.getMonth() + '/' + inputDate.getFullYear());
}

function ValidDate(inputDate)
{
	//Assumes dd/mm/ccyy as format
	rx=new RegExp('^\\d{1,2}\\/\\d{1,2}\\/\\d{4}$');
	if(rx.exec(inputDate)==null){
		return false;
	}
	var substrings=inputDate.split('/');
	var strDay = substrings[0]
	var strMonth = substrings[1]
	var strYear = substrings[2]
	var strDate = strMonth + "/" + strDay + "/" + strYear
	var testDate = new Date(strDate);
	return (testDate.getFullYear()==substrings[2] && (testDate.getMonth()+1)==substrings[1] && testDate.getDate()==substrings[0])
}

function NumberOfDaysInMonth (year, month) 
{
     return 32 - new Date(year, month, 32).getDate();
}
 
function validateInt(string)
{
	rx=new RegExp('[^0-9]');
	return rx.exec(trim(string))==null;
}

function trim(string)
{
	return string.replace(/^\W+/,'').replace(/\W+$/,'');
}


function validateCurrency(string)
{
	rx=new RegExp('^(\\d+\\.{1}\\d{0,2}|\\d+)$');
	return rx.exec(trim(string))==null;
}

function validateTelephoneNumber(string)
{
	rx=new RegExp('^[\\d* *]+$');
	return (rx.exec(string)!=null);	
}

function ValidCharacters(string)
{
	//rx=new RegExp('[^A-Za-zƒŠŒŽšœžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ-\\s\\r\\f]');
	rx=new RegExp('[^A-Za-zƒŠŒšœŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ\'-\\s\\r\\f]');
	return (rx.exec(string)!=null);
}

function validateEmail(string)
{
	rx=new RegExp('^([\\w-]+\\.{1}|[\\w-]+)*[\\w]+\\@([\\w-]+\\.{1}|[\\w-]+)*[\\w]+$');
	return (rx.exec(string)!=null);	
}

//Call this function inline via the blur event, passing in the control to convert to upper case.
function toUpper(InputControl)
{
	var strValue = new String(InputControl.value);
	InputControl.value = strValue.toUpperCase();
}

function checkCreditCardExpiry(month, year) {
    // convert to int and add 2000
    year1 = Number(year);
    year1 = year1 + 2000;

    month1 = Number(month);

    var today = new Date();
    var todayMonth = Number(today.getMonth() + 1);
    var todayYear  = Number(today.getYear());

    if (todayYear < 1000) {
      todayYear = todayYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year1 > todayYear) {
      return false;
    } else if (todayYear == year1) {
      if (month1 > todayMonth) {
        return false;
      }
    }

    return true;
  }
  
  function checkPhoneNumber(oStringToCheck){
    var charError = 0;
    var checkOK = "0123456789";
    var myNumber = oStringToCheck.replace(/(,|\-|\(|\)|\+|\s)/g, "");
//    alert("Phone Numer : " + oStringToCheck + " : " + myNumber);
    for (n = 0; n < myNumber.length; n++){
      if (checkOK.indexOf(myNumber.charAt(n)) == -1 || myNumber.length < 10 || myNumber.length > 20){
        charError++;
      }
    }
    if (charError > 0){
      return true;
    }else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  function checkPetDates(acquired_year, acquired_month, age_years, age_months) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    age_years = strYear - Number(age_years);
    age_months = strMonth - Number(age_months);

    if (age_months < 1) {
      age_years = age_years - 1;
      age_months = 11 + age_months;
    }

    //alert("age = " + age_years + " " + age_months + ": acquired= " + acquired_year + " " + acquired_month);
    if (age_years > acquired_year) {
      return true;
    } else if (acquired_year == age_years) {
      if (age_months > acquired_month) {
        return true;
      }
    }

    return false;
  }
  
    function checkPostcodeError(oStringToCheck){
    var postcodeError = 0;

    // strip spaces & convert to upper case
    oStringToCheck = oStringToCheck.replace(/ /g, ""); 
    oStringToCheck = oStringToCheck.toUpperCase();

    size = oStringToCheck.length;

    // incode is the last 3 chars
    var incode  = oStringToCheck.substr(size-3, 3);
 
    // outcode is everything except the last 3 chars
    var outcode = oStringToCheck.substr(0, size-3);

    // incode must equal 9AA format
    if (incode.match(/[0-9][A-Z][A-Z]/)) { 
        //alert("incode success");
    } 
    else {
        //alert("incode failure");
        postcodeError++;
    }

    // incode must equal A9, A99, AA9, AA99, AA9A, A9A or AAA format
    if (outcode.match(/^[A-Z][0-9]$/)           ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][0-9][0-9]$/)      ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][A-Z][0-9]$/)      ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][A-Z][0-9][0-9]$/) ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][A-Z][0-9][A-Z]$/) ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][0-9][A-Z]$/)      ||
        outcode.match(/^[A-Z][A-Z][A-Z]$/) ) {

        //alert("outcode success");
    }  
    else {
        //alert("outcode failure");
        postcodeError++;
    }

    if (postcodeError > 0){
      return true;
    } else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  
  function checkValidDate(strToday,strMonth,strYear) {

    if (strMonth > 12 || strMonth < 1) {
      return true;
    }
    if ((strMonth == 1 || strMonth == 3 || strMonth == 5 
         || strMonth == 7 || strMonth == 8 || strMonth == 10 
         || strMonth == 12) && (strToday > 31 || strToday < 1)) {
      return true;
    }
    if ((strMonth == 4 || strMonth == 6 || strMonth == 9 
         || strMonth == 11) && (strToday > 30 || strToday < 1)) {
      return true;
    }
    if (strMonth == 2) {
      if (strToday < 1) {
         return true;
      }
      if (LeapYear(strYear) == true) {
        if (strToday > 29) {
          return true;
        }
      } else {
        if (strToday > 28) {
          return true;
        }
      }
    }
    return false;
  }
function LeapYear(intYear) {
    if (intYear % 100 == 0) {
      if (intYear % 400 == 0) { return true; }
    } else {
      if ((intYear % 4) == 0) { return true; }
    }
    return false;
  } 
  
   function checkPastYear(year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year > strYear) {
      return true;
    } else {
      return false;
    }
  }
  
  function checkPastMonthYear(month, year) {
    var today = new Date();
    var strMonth = today.getMonth() + 1;
    var strYear = today.getYear();
    if (strYear < 1000) {
      strYear = strYear + 1900;
    }

    if (year > strYear) {
      return true;
    } else if (strYear == year) {
      if (month > strMonth) {
        return true;
      }
    }

    return false;
  }

function checkPostcodeErrorOld(oStringToCheck){
    var postcodeError = 0;
    if (oStringToCheck.length < 2 || oStringToCheck.length > 8){
      postcodeError++;
    }
    if (postcodeError > 0){
      return true;
    } else{
      return false;
    }
  }
  
   
function ConvertToDateObject(inputDate){
	//Assumes dd/mm/ccyy as format

	rx=new RegExp('^\\d{1,2}\\/\\d{1,2}\\/\\d{4}$');
	if(rx.exec(inputDate)==null)
		return false;

	var substrings=inputDate.split('/');

	if(substrings.length!=3)
		return false;

	return(new Date(substrings[2],substrings[1],substrings[0]));
}
  
 function removeSpaces(oStringToCheck){
	//removes spaces from oStringToCheck
    var myString = oStringToCheck.replace(/ /g,"");
    	return myString;
  }