//Validates Email	
function validEmail(item)
{  	
   	invalidChars = " /:,;";
	var invalid = ""
	email = item.value;      

   	if (email)
   	{                          
      
   	    for (i=0; i<invalidChars.length; i++)
   	    {  
      	    badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i)
      	    if (email.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1)
      	    {
         		    invalid = "Yes"
      	    }
   	    }
     
   	    atPos = email.indexOf("@",1)   
   	    if (atPos == -1) 
   	    {
      	    invalid = "Yes"
   	    }
     
   	    if (email.indexOf("@",atPos+1) != -1) 
   	    {    
      	    invalid = "Yes"
   	    }
      
   	    periodPos = email.indexOf(".", atPos)
   	    if (periodPos == -1) 
   	    {                      
            invalid = "Yes"
   	    }

   	    if (periodPos+3 > email.length) 
   	    {
            invalid = "Yes" 
   	    }
       	
   	          		
   	    if (invalid=="Yes") 
	    {		
		    setTimeout("document.getElementById('new_email').focus(); document.getElementById('new_email').select()",1);
		    alert ("Sorry, your email address is not valid");
		    
	    }	
	}	
} 
//validate form
function valForm(errors,form)
{
	if (errors == "")
	{
		
		form.submit();
	}
	else
	{
		alert('Please fill in the following field(s) \n' + errors);
	}
}
//Check Field for Blanks
function blankField(form,msg)
{
	var field = eval(form);
	if(!field.value)
	{
		return('*'+msg+'\n');
	}
	else
	{
		return("");
	}
}