var localForm; 
function initForm(theForm)   { localForm = theForm; }
//function closeCalendar(io)   {}
function LTrim(str)
{  var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
   var s = new String(str);
   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {
       var j=0, i = s.length;
       while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
              j++;
       s = s.substring(j, i);
   }
return s;
}
function RTrim(str)
{  var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
   var s = new String(str);
   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
       var i = s.length - 1;       
       while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
              i--;
       s = s.substring(0, i+1);
   }
return s;
}
function Trim(str)  { return RTrim(LTrim(str)); }

function Validate(theForm)
{
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    document.getElementById('FirstNameVal').style.color='';
    document.getElementById('LastNameVal').style.color='';
    document.getElementById('EmailVal').style.color='';
    var FlagValid=0;
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if (Trim(theForm.FirstName.value)=='') {
        document.getElementById('FirstNameVal').style.color='red';
        FlagValid=1
    }
    if (Trim(theForm.LastName.value)=='') {
        document.getElementById('LastNameVal').style.color='red';
        FlagValid=1
    }
   
  //---Email Start---------------------------------------------------------------
    var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
    var ch = checkStr.indexOf('@');
    if (ch==0 || ch==-1) {
        document.getElementById('EmailVal').style.color='red';
        FlagValid=1
    }
    var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzfSOZsozYÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ0123456789-@.-_'";
    var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
    var allValid = true;
    for (i=0; i<checkStr.length; i++) {
         ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
         for (j=0; j< checkOK.length; j++)
              if (ch==checkOK.charAt(j))
                  break;
              if (j==checkOK.length) {
                  allValid = false;
                  break;
              }
         }
         if (!allValid) {
             document.getElementById('EmailVal').style.color='red';
             FlagValid=1;
    }
  //---Email End---------------------------------------------------------------
   
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
    if (FlagValid==1)
    {
        alert("Please fill in the required fields in red.");
        return (false);
    }
    return (true);
  //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
}