function validate_user(form)
{
//alert(form.f_title.value);
	if ((form.f_title.value==null)||(form.f_title.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter title")
		form.f_title.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if ((form.f_forename.value==null)||(form.f_forename.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter forename")
		form.f_forename.focus()
		return false
	}	
	else if ((form.f_surname.value==null)||(form.f_surname.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter surname")
		form.f_surname.focus()
		return false
	}	
	else if ((form.f_phone.value==null)||(form.f_phone.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter phone")
		form.f_phone.focus()
		return false
	}	
	else if ((form.f_bill_address1.value==null)||(form.f_bill_address1.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter ADDRESS: LINE 1")
		form.f_bill_address1.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if ((form.f_bill_town.value==null)||(form.f_bill_town.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter ADDRESS: TOWN")
		form.f_bill_town.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if ((form.f_bill_county.value==null)||(form.f_bill_county.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter ADDRESS: COUNTY")
		form.f_bill_county.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if ((form.f_bill_postcode.value==null)||(form.f_bill_postcode.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter ADDRESS: POSTCODE")
		form.f_bill_postcode.focus()
		return false
	}
/*	else if ((form.f_bill_country.value==null)||(form.f_bill_country.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter ADDRESS: COUNTRY")
		form.f_bill_country.focus()
		return false
	}*/		
	else if ((form.f_email.value==null)||(form.f_email.value==""))
	{
		alert("Please enter email")
		form.f_email.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if (echeck(form.f_email.value)==false)
	{
		form.f_email.value=""
		form.f_email.focus()
		return false
	}
	else if (form.action.value=="add_user")
	{
		if ((form.f_password.value==null)||(form.f_password.value==""))
		{
			alert("Please enter your PASSWORD")
			form.f_password.focus()
			return false
		}	
		else if ((form.f_repeat_password.value==null)||(form.f_repeat_password.value==""))
		{
			alert("Please enter your PASSWORD again")
			form.f_repeat_password.focus()
			return false
		}   
		else if (form.f_password.value != form.f_repeat_password.value)
		{
			alert("The new passwords that you have chosen do not match."); 
			form.f_password.focus( ); 
			return false;
		}		
	}
	else if (form.action.value=="edityes" && form.f_old_password.value!="")
	{ 
		if ((form.f_password.value==null)||(form.f_password.value==""))
		{
			alert("Please enter your PASSWORD")
			form.f_password.focus()
			return false
		}	
		else if ((form.f_repeat_password.value==null)||(form.f_repeat_password.value==""))
		{
			alert("Please enter your PASSWORD again")
			form.f_repeat_password.focus()
			return false
		}   
		else if (form.f_password.value != form.f_repeat_password.value)
		{
			alert("The new passwords that you have chosen do not match."); 
			form.f_password.focus( ); 
			return false;
		}
	}				
}//function validate_user(form)



//email validation function, called from within above validateForm function
	function echeck(str) 
	{
		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    alert("The E-mail that you have entered is not valid")
		    return false
		 }
		 return true					
	}//function echeck(str) 
//email validation function, called from within above validateForm function



//***** DATE CHECK *****	
// date check dd/mm/yyyy
/**
 * DHTML date validation script for dd/mm/yyyy. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
//var dtCh= "/";
var dtCh= "-";
var minYear=1900;
var maxYear=2100;

function isInteger(s)
{
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag)
{
	var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function daysInFebruary (year)
{
	// February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
}

function DaysArray(n) 
{
	for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 31
		if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
		if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
   } 
   return this
}

function isDate(dtStr)
{
	var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
	strYr=strYear
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth)
	day=parseInt(strDay)
	year=parseInt(strYr)
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		alert("The date format should be : dd-mm-yyyy")
		return false
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		alert("Please enter a valid month")
		return false
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		alert("Please enter a valid day")
		return false
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear)
		return false
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		alert("Please enter a valid date")
		return false
	}
return true
}
// date check dd/mm/yyyy

//test day/month are two digits
function isdaymonth2digits(dtStr)
{
	//used to ensure that day n month were two digits e.g not 1-1-2004 style only 01-01-2004
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strDaytest=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strMonthtest=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)	
	//used to ensure that day n month were two digits e.g not 1-1-2004 style only 01-01-2004
		
		//test here that day & month were two chars - no 1/1/2004's accepted
		if (strDaytest.length!=2)
		{
			alert("Please enter a valid day")
			return false
		}
		if (strMonthtest.length!=2)
		{
			alert("Please enter a valid month")
			return false
		}			
		//test here that day & month were two chars - no 1/1/2004's accepted
return true
}
//***** DATE CHECK *****