function getMainFrameSource (tmpFrame, newSrc, language, lastMenuOpened) {
		var _urlString = "";
		var _retParams = "";
		var _params = "";
		var _index = "";

		_urlString = newSrc.split("?");

		if (_urlString.length>1) {
			// parameters given
			_params = _urlString[1].split("&");
			for (i=0;i<_params.length;i++) {
				_index=_params[i].indexOf("=");
				if (_params[i].substring(0,_index)!="Lang") {
					if (tmpFrame.id=="leftFrame" && _params[i].substring(0,_index)=="_lastMenuOpened") {
						_retParams += "&_lastMenuOpened="+lastMenuOpened;
					} else {
						_retParams += _params[i];
					}
				}
			}
		} else {
			if (tmpFrame.id=="leftFrame") {
				_retParams += "_lastMenuOpened="+lastMenuOpened;
			}
		}

		if (_retParams.length>0) {
			_retParams += "&";
		}

		_retParams += "Lang="+language;

//		if (tmpFrame.name="mainFrame") {
//			alert ("GetMainFrameSource returns:"+_urlString[0]+"?"+_retParams);
//		}
		return _urlString[0]+"?"+_retParams;
	}

	// return url request parameters
	function get_query (theLocation,name) {
		var _params = "";
		var _tmpParamKey = "";
		var _tmpParamValue = "";
		var _tmp = "";

		_tmp = theLocation;
		_tmp = _tmp.substring(1,_tmp.length);

		// parameters given
		_params = _tmp.split("&");

		for (i=0;i<_params.length;i++) {
			_index=_params[i].indexOf("=");
			_tmpParamKey = _params[i].substring(0,_index);
			_tmpParamValue = unescape(_params[i].substring(_index+1,_params[i].length));

			if (_tmpParamKey == name) {
				if (_tmpParamValue.substring(0,1)=="'" ||
				    _tmpParamValue.substring(0,1)=='"') {
					return _tmpParamValue.substring(1,_tmpParamValue.length-1);
				} else {
					return _tmpParamValue;
				}
			}
		}
	}

	// return url request parameters
	function get_query1(theLocation,name) {
	  var value=null;
	  var query=theLocation;
	  var kk;


	  if(query != "") {
	    var kk=query.indexOf(name+"=");
	    if(kk >= 0) {
	      kk=kk+name.length+1;
	      var ll=query.indexOf("&", kk);
	      if(ll < 0)ll=query.length;
	      value=query.substring(kk, ll);
	      for(kk=0; kk<value.length; kk++) {
	        if(value.charAt(kk) == '+') {
	          value=value.substring(0, kk)+" "+value.substring(kk+1,value.length);
	        }
	      }
	      value=unescape(value);
	    }
	  }
	  return value;
	}

    function setFrameSources2 (language, lastMenuOpened, mainFrameSrc) {
	    var _frames=new Array();

		_frames["topFrame"]  = new Array(top.document.getElementById("topFrame"),  "indexTop.asp");
		_frames["mainFrame"] = new Array(top.document.getElementById("mainFrame"), mainFrameSrc);
		_frames["leftFrame"] = new Array(top.document.getElementById("leftFrame"), "indexLeft.asp");


		for (var frameName in _frames) {
//			if (frameName=="mainFrame") {
//                alert("calling "+ frameName +" with: " + _frames[frameName][1] + "; lang:" + language);
//            }
			_frames[frameName][0].src=getMainFrameSource(_frames[frameName][0], _frames[frameName][1], language, lastMenuOpened);
		}
	}

	// returns the actual value if the actual value is different to the default one
	function updateValueOnFocus(actValue, defaultValue4Request, defaultValue) {
	  actValue = Trim(actValue)
	  if (actValue == defaultValue4Request && (defaultValue4Request != defaultValue)) return defaultValue4Request;
	  else if (actValue == defaultValue) return "";
	  else return actValue;
	}

	// returns the default value if the actual value is empty
	function updateValueOnBlur(actValue, defaultValue) {
	  actValue = Trim(actValue)
	  if (actValue == "") return defaultValue;
	  else return actValue;
	}

/*
==================================================================
LTrim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without leading spaces.
==================================================================
*/
function LTrim(str)
/*
   PURPOSE: Remove leading blanks from our string.
   IN: str - the string we want to LTrim
*/
{
   var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

   var s = new String(str);

   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {
      // We have a string with leading blank(s)...

      var j=0, i = s.length;

      // Iterate from the far left of string until we
      // don't have any more whitespace...
      while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
         j++;

      // Get the substring from the first non-whitespace
      // character to the end of the string...
      s = s.substring(j, i);
   }
   return s;
}

/*
==================================================================
RTrim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without trailing spaces.
==================================================================
*/
function RTrim(str)
/*
   PURPOSE: Remove trailing blanks from our string.
   IN: str - the string we want to RTrim

*/
{
   // We don't want to trip JUST spaces, but also tabs,
   // line feeds, etc.  Add anything else you want to
   // "trim" here in Whitespace
   var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");

   var s = new String(str);

   if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
      // We have a string with trailing blank(s)...

      var i = s.length - 1;       // Get length of string

      // Iterate from the far right of string until we
      // don't have any more whitespace...
      while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
         i--;


      // Get the substring from the front of the string to
      // where the last non-whitespace character is...
      s = s.substring(0, i+1);
   }

   return s;
}

	/*
	=============================================================
	Trim(string) : Returns a copy of a string without leading or trailing spaces
	=============================================================
	*/
	/*
	   PURPOSE: Remove trailing and leading blanks from our string.
	   IN: str - the string we want to Trim

	   RETVAL: A Trimmed string!
	*/
	function Trim(str){
	   return RTrim(LTrim(str));
	}

	function isSetRadioField (object, errorMsg) {
		ret = true;

		if (object==null) {
			alert (errorMsg);
			ret = false;
		}

		objectSelected = false;

		for (counter = 0; counter < object.length; counter++) {
			// If a radio button has been selected it will return true
			// (If not it will return false)
			if (object[counter].checked) {
				objectSelected = true;
			}
		}
		if (objectSelected==false) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
    		ret = false;
		}
		return ret;
	}

    function isEmail(object, errorMsg, defaultVal) {
    	ret = true;
    	if (object==null) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
			ret = false;
		}

    	if (ret==true) {
	    	val = object.value;
	    	if (val==null || val=="" || val==Trim(defaultVal) || !validateEmail(val)) {
    		    alert(errorMsg);
  		        if (object!=null) object.focus();
	    		ret = false;
	    	}
	    }
		return ret;
	}

    function isEqual(object1, object2, errorMsg) {
    	ret = true;
    	if (object1==null || object2==null) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
			ret = false;
		}

    	if (ret==true) {
	    	val1 = object1.value;
	    	val2 = object2.value;
	    	if (val1==null || val1=="" ||
	    	    val2==null || val2=="" ||
	    	    val1 != val2) {
    		    alert(errorMsg);
  		        if (object1!=null) object1.focus();
	    		ret = false;
	    	}
	    }
		return ret;
	}

    function isString(object, errorMsg, defaultVal) {
    	ret = true;
    	if (object==null) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
			ret = false;
		}

    	if (ret==true) {
	    	val = object.value;
	    	if (val==null || val=="" || val==Trim(defaultVal)) {
    		    alert(errorMsg);
  		        if (object!=null) object.focus();
	    		ret = false;
	    	}
	    }
		return ret;
    }

    function isIntegerComplex(object, errorMsg,isNullable, min, max) {
    	ret = true;
    	if (object==null) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
			ret = false;
		}

    	if (ret==true) {
	    	val = Trim(object.value);
	    	if (val==null && isNullable==false) {
	    		ret= false;
	    	}
	    }

		if (ret==true && window.RegExp) {
		  var reg = new RegExp("^[0-9\-]*$", "g");
		  if (!reg.test(val)) {
		    ret = false;
		  } else {
		    ret = true;
		  }
		}
		if (ret == true && min!=null && max!=null && val>=min && val<=max) {
			ret = true;
		} else if (ret == true && min==null && max==null) {
			ret = true;
		} else  {
			ret = false;
		}

        if (ret == false || (isNullable==false && (val=="" || val==null))) {
		    alert(errorMsg);
		    if (object!=null) object.focus();
    		return false;
    	} else {
    		return true;
    	}
   	}

	function validateEmail(strng) {
	   var ret = true;
	   var emailFilter=/^.+@.+\..{2,3}$/;
	   if (!(emailFilter.test(strng))) {
	       ret = false;
	   }

	   var illegalChars= /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\"\[\]]/
	   if (strng.match(illegalChars)) {
	      ret = false;
	   }
	   return ret;
	}

/**
 * DHTML date validation script. Courtesy of SmartWebby.com (http://www.smartwebby.com/dhtml/)
 */
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
function isInteger(s){
//	alert ("calld is int");
	var i;
	if (s==null) return false;
    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 isValidDate(dtStr, dtCh, minYear, maxYear){
	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){
		// invalid date format
		//alert ("invalid format");
		return 1;
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		// invalid month
		//alert ("invalid month");
		return 3;
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		// invalid day
		//alert ("invalid day");
		return 2;
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		// invalid 4 digit year between min and max
		//alert ("invalid year");
		return 4;
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		// invalid date
		//alert ("invalid date");
		return 5;
	}
	return 0;
}