function trim(s) 
{
  // Remove leading spaces and carriage returns
  
  while ((s.substring(0,1) == ' ') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\n') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(1,s.length);
  }

  // Remove trailing spaces and carriage returns
  while ((s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\n') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
  }
  return s;
}

 
function isEmail(argvalue) {

  if (argvalue.indexOf(" ") != -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == 0)
    return false;
  else if (argvalue.indexOf("@") == (argvalue.length-1))
    return false;

  arrayString = argvalue.split("@"); //(works only in netscape3 and above.)
  //var retSize = customSplit(argvalue, "@", "arrayString");

  if (arrayString[1].indexOf(".") == -1)
    return false;
  else if (arrayString[1].indexOf(".") == 0)
    return false;
  else if (arrayString[1].charAt(arrayString[1].length-1) == ".") {
    return false;
  }

  return true;
}

function getRadioValue(radioObject) {
var val = null;
for (var i=0; i<radioObject.length;i++) {
if (radioObject[i].checked) val = radioObject[i].value;
}
return val;
}


function openWindow(pageToLoad,winName,width,height,center,sb) {

    xposition=0; yposition=0;
    if ((parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4 ) && (center)){
        xposition = (screen.width - width) / 2;
        yposition = (screen.height - height) / 2;
    }
    args = "width=" + width + ","
    + "height=" + height + ","
    + "location=0,"
    + "menubar=0,"
    + "resizable=0,"
    + "scrollbars=" + sb + ","
    + "status=0,"
    + "titlebar=0,"
    + "toolbar=0,"
    + "hotkeys=0,"
    + "screenx=" + xposition + ","  //NN Only
    + "screeny=" + yposition + ","  //NN Only
    + "left=" + xposition + ","     //IE Only
    + "top=" + yposition;           //IE Only

    window.open(pageToLoad,winName,args);
}