// FormChek.js
//


// BASIC DATA VALIDATION FUNCTIONS:
//
// isWhitespace (s)                    Check whether string s is empty or whitespace.

// warnEmpty (theField, s)             Notify user that required field theField is empty.
// warnInvalid (theField, s)           Notify user that contents of field theField are invalid.


// FUNCTIONS TO INTERACTIVELY CHECK FIELD CONTENTS:
//
// checkString (theField, s [,eok])    Check that theField.value is not empty or all whitespace.


var digits = "0123456789";

var lowercaseLetters = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"

var uppercaseLetters = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"


// whitespace characters
var whitespace = " \t\n\r";


// decimal point character differs by language and culture
var decimalPointDelimiter = "."



// CONSTANT STRING DECLARATIONS
// (grouped for ease of translation and localization)

// m is an abbreviation for "missing"

var mPrefix = "You did not enter a value into the "
var mSuffix = " field. This is a required field. Please enter it now."
var lPrefix ="The minimum number of characters allowed in this field is "

var sSearch = "Search"


// p is an abbreviation for "prompt"

var pEntryPrompt = "Please enter a "



// defaultEmptyOK is false, which means that by default, 
// these functions will do "strict" validation.  Function
// isInteger, for example, will only return true if it is
// passed a string containing an integer; if it is passed
// the empty string, it will return false.

var defaultEmptyOK = false

// Check whether string s is empty.

function isEmpty(s)
{   return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0))
}

// Returns true if string s is empty or 
// whitespace characters only.

function isWhitespace (s)

{   var i;

    // Is s empty?
    if (isEmpty(s)) return true;

    // Search through string's characters one by one
    // until we find a non-whitespace character.
    // When we do, return false; if we don't, return true.

    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++)
    {   
        // Check that current character isn't whitespace.
        var c = s.charAt(i);

        if (whitespace.indexOf(c) == -1) return false;
    }

    // All characters are whitespace.
    return true;
}


// Notify user that required field theField is empty.
// String s describes expected contents of theField.value.
// Put focus in theField and return false.

function warnEmpty (theField, s)
{   theField.focus()
    alert(mPrefix + s + mSuffix)
    return false
}


// Notify user that contents of field theField are invalid.
// String s describes expected contents of theField.value.
// Put select theField, pu focus in it, and return false.

function warnLength (theField, s)
{		theField.focus()
		theField.select()
		alert(lPrefix + s)
		return false
}

/* FUNCTIONS TO INTERACTIVELY CHECK VARIOUS FIELDS. */

// checkString (TEXTFIELD theField, STRING s, [, BOOLEAN emptyOK==false])
//
// Check that string theField.value is not all whitespace.


function checkString (theField, s, minlength, emptyOK)
{   // Next line is needed on NN3 to avoid "undefined is not a number" error
    // in equality comparison below.
    if (checkString.arguments.length == 2) emptyOK = defaultEmptyOK;
    if ((emptyOK == true) && (isEmpty(theField.value))) return true;
    if (isWhitespace(theField.value)) 
       return warnEmpty (theField, s);
		if (theField.value.length < minlength)
			 return warnLength (theField, minlength);
    else return true;
}