function textCounter(field, countfield, maxlimit) {
		if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
			field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);

		else
			countfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
	}



	function make_current_date(element) {

		var now = new Date();	
		element.value = padZero(now.getDate()) + "/" + padZero((now.getMonth()+1)) + "/" + now.getYear();
	}




	function emailCheck (emailStr,iindex) {
		var orig = emailStr;
		eval("document." + iindex + "." + emailStr + ".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
		emailStr = eval("document." + iindex + "." + emailStr + ".value");
		if (emailStr.length > 0 ) {
		var checkTLD=1;
		var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum)$/;
		var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
		var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
		var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
		var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
		var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;
		var atom=validChars + '+';
		var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
		var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
		var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");
		var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);

		if (matchArray==null) {
			alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
			return false;
		}

		var user=matchArray[1];
		var domain=matchArray[2];



		for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
			if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
				alert("Ths username contains invalid characters.");
				return false;
			}
		}

		for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
			if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
				alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
				return false;
			}
		}



		if (user.match(userPat)==null) {

			alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
			return false;
		}


		var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
		if (IPArray!=null) {

			// this is an IP address

			for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
				if (IPArray[i]>255) {
					alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
					return false;
				}
			}

		return true;
		}


		var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
		var domArr=domain.split(".");
		var len=domArr.length;

		for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
			if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
				alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
				return false;
			}
		}


		if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
			domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
			alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
			return false;
		}


		if (len<2) {
			alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
			return false;
		}

		// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
		eval("document." + iindex + "." + orig + ".style.backgroundColor='Window'");
		return true;
	} else {
		eval("document." + iindex + "." + orig + ".style.backgroundColor='Window'");
		return true;
	}
	}


	function reqfields(farray, darray, form, iindex) {
		var themessage = "You need to complete the following fields: ";
		var arraytext ="";
		var arraytext1 ="";
		var myerr = "";
		var sformat="";
		var fFlag = 0;

		for (var i=0; i<farray.length; i++) {
			arraytext += "document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".value";
			arraytext1 = "document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".value";
		
		eval("document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".style.backgroundColor='Window'");
		
			if (eval(arraytext1) == ""){
				myerr += "\n     -  " + darray[i];
				if (fFlag != 2){
					eval("document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".focus()");
					fFlag = 2;
				}
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
				
			}
		}

		if (myerr != "") {
			sformat ="Please fill the required fields in :\n" + myerr + "\n_____________________________" +"\nPlease re-enter and submit again!";
					alert(sformat);
					return false;
		}
		return true;
	}


	function reqfieldsplus(farray, darray, form, iindex, chkpass, fld1, fld2, chkemail,fld3) {
		var themessage = "You are required to complete the following fields: ";
		var arraytext ="";
		var arraytext1 ="";
		var myerr = "";
		var sformat="";
		var emailaddr = "";
		var chks1 = false;
		var chks2 = false;

		for (var i=0; i<farray.length; i++) {
			arraytext += "document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".value";
			arraytext1 = "document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".value";

			eval("document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".style.backgroundColor='Window'");

			if (eval(arraytext1) == ""){
				myerr += "\n     -  " + darray[i];
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + farray[i] + ".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			}
		}

		if (myerr != "") {
			sformat ="Please fill the required fields in :\n" + myerr + "\n_____________________________" +"\nPlease re-enter and submit again!";
					alert(sformat);
					return false;
		}
		else {


		}

		if (chkpass == 1) {
			chks1 =  validatePwd(iindex, fld1, fld2);
		}
		
		if (chkemail == 1) {
			chks2 =  emailCheck (fld3,iindex);		
		}

		validate = true;
		
		if (myerr != "") {
			validate = false;
		}
		
		if (chkpass == 1) {
			if (chks1 == false) {
				validate = false;
			}		
		}
		
		if (chkemail == 1) {
			if (chks2 == false) {
				validate = false;
			}		
		}
		
		return validate;
	}




	function validatePwd(iindex, fldname1, fldname2) {

		var invalid = " "; 
		var minLength = 5;
		var pw1 = eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1 + ".value");
		var pw2 = eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2 + ".value");

		// check for a value in both fields.
		if (pw1 == '' || pw2 == '') {
			alert('Please enter your password twice.');
			
			return false;
		}

		// check for minimum length
		if (pw1.length < minLength) {
			alert('Your password must be at least ' + minLength + ' characters long. Try again.');
			eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			return false;
		}

		// check for at least one number/letter.

			if (pw1.search(/[0-9]/) < 0 || (pw1.search(/[a-z]/) < 0  && pw1.search(/[A-Z]/) < 0 ) ){

			eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			  alert("The password must contain a mixture of letters and numbers.\n");
			  return false;
			  }

		// check for spaces
		if (pw1.indexOf(invalid) > -1) {
			alert("Sorry, spaces are not allowed.");
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
			return false;
		} else {
			if (pw1 != pw2) {
				alert ("You did not enter the same new password twice. Please re-enter your password.");
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2+".style.backgroundColor='#F5D7D6'");
				return false;

			} else {
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname1+".style.backgroundColor='Window'");
				eval("document." + iindex + "." + fldname2+".style.backgroundColor='Window'");

				return true;

			}
		}
	}