function checkFields(theForm)
{
	for (var ind in reqFieldNames ) {
		var field = eval("theForm.elements['" + reqFieldNames[ind] + "']");
		//var field = document.getElementById(reqFieldNames[ind]);
		//alert(reqFieldNames[ind] + ' ' + field);
		if (field.type == "text") {
			if(isEmpty(field.value)) {
				alert("Please enter a value for: " + field.name);
				field.focus();
				return(false);
			}
			// check email
			if (field.name == 'Email') {
				if (!validEmail(field.value)) {
					alert('Please enter a valid email address.');
					field.focus();
					field.select();
					return(false);
				}
			}
		} else if (! field.type) {
			//alert(field.type);
			// Could be a radio
			if ((field.length > 0) && (field[0].type == 'radio')) {
				//alert("It's a radio array");
				if (!isRadioChecked(field)) {
					alert("Please select a option for: " + field[0].name);
					field[0].focus();
					return(false);
				}
			}
		}
		else if ( (field.type == "select") || (field.type == "select-one") ) {
			if (field.selectedIndex < 1) {
				alert("Please select a option for: " + field.name);
				field.focus();
				return(false);
			}
		}
		else if (field.type == "select-multiple") {
            for(i=1;i<field.length;i++) {
				if (field.options[i].selected == true) {
					return(true);
				}
			}
            alert("Please select option(s) for: " + field.name);
            field.focus();
            return(false);
        }
	}
	// we passed so submit the form
	return(true);
}


// Check to see if anything is left after whitespace has gone
function isEmpty(str)
{
    if(str.replace(/\s*/g,"") == "") {
        return(true)

    }

    return(false);

}


function isRadioChecked(ele)
{
    for (i=0; i<ele.length; i++) {
        if (ele[i].checked) {
            return(true);
        }
    }
    return(false);

}

 

function validEmail(parsedEmail) {
            invalidChars       = " /:,;+= ";
            atPos                = parsedEmail.indexOf("@",1);
            periodPos          = parsedEmail.indexOf(".",atPos);

            if (parsedEmail == "") { return false; }


            for (i = 0; i < invalidChars.length; i++) {
                        badChar = invalidChars.charAt(i);
                        if (parsedEmail.indexOf(badChar,0) > -1) {
                                   return false;

                        }

            }

 

            if (atPos == -1) { return false; }

            if (parsedEmail.indexOf("@", atPos+1) > -1) { return false; }

            if (periodPos == -1) { return false; }

            if (periodPos+3 > parsedEmail.length) { return false; }

 

            return true;

}