function validate(form) {
	//alert(form);
	var j = 0;
	msg = "";
	for(var i = 0;i < ele.length;i++) {
		if(isBlank(form, ele[i])) {
			invalid(form, ele[i]);
			msg = msg + msgs[i] +"\n";
			j = j +1;
		}
	}
	if(j == 0) {
		return true;
	}
	else {
		alert(alertMsg + "\n"+ msg);
		return false;
	}
}
function invalid(form, ele) {
	if(!document.layers) {
		document.forms[form].elements[ele].style.borderColor = '#F0551D';
		document.forms[form].elements[ele].style.background = '#ebebeb';
		}
	return msg;
}

function isBlank(form,ele) {
	str = document.forms[form].elements[ele].value;
	if(str == "") {
		return true;
	}
	else {
		return false;
	}

}


function popUp(page, width, height, lang) 
{
	var newWindow = window.open(page,"GenericPage","height=" + height + ",width=" + width + ",toolbar=no,status=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes");
}

function getID (id) {
	return document.getElementById(id).style;
}

function showDontShow(close, open) {
	var positions;
	positions= {block: "none", none: "block"};
	getID(open).display = positions[getID(open).display]
	getID(close).display = positions[getID(close).display]
}

function openClose(type, spanid) {
	//alert(type);
	var positions;
	positions= {block: "none", none: "block"};
	if(type == 'close')
	{
		getID(spanid).display = positions[getID(spanid).display]
	}
	else if(type == 'open')
	{
		getID(spanid).display = positions[getID(spanid).display]
	}
}
var menuwidth='400px' //default menu width
var menubgcolor='#efefef'  //menu bgcolor
var disappeardelay=250  //menu disappear speed onMouseout (in miliseconds)
var hidemenu_onclick="yes" //hide menu when user clicks within menu?

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var ie4boo=document.all
var ns6boo=document.getElementById&&!document.all

if (ie4boo||ns6boo)
document.write('<div id="dropmenudiv" style="visibility:hidden;width:'+menuwidth+';background-color:'+menubgcolor+'" onMouseover="clearhidemenu()" onMouseout="dynamichide(event)"></div>')

function getposOffset(what, offsettype){
var totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? what.offsetLeft : what.offsetTop;
var parentEl=what.offsetParent;
while (parentEl!=null){
totaloffset=(offsettype=="left")? totaloffset+parentEl.offsetLeft : totaloffset+parentEl.offsetTop;
parentEl=parentEl.offsetParent;
}
return totaloffset;
}


function showhide(obj, e, visible, hidden, menuwidth){
if (ie4boo||ns6boo)
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.style.top=-500
if (menuwidth!=""){
dropmenuobj.widthobj=dropmenuobj.style
dropmenuobj.widthobj.width=menuwidth
}
if (e.type=="click" && obj.visibility==hidden || e.type=="mouseover")
obj.visibility=visible
else if (e.type=="click")
obj.visibility=hidden
}

function iecompattest(){
return (document.compatMode && document.compatMode!="BackCompat")? document.documentElement : document.body
}

function clearbrowseredge(obj, whichedge){
var edgeoffset=0
if (whichedge=="rightedge"){
var windowedge=ie4boo && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollLeft+iecompattest().clientWidth-15 : window.pageXOffset+window.innerWidth-15
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetWidth
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.x < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure-obj.offsetWidth
}
else{
var windowedge=ie4boo && !window.opera? iecompattest().scrollTop+iecompattest().clientHeight-15 : window.pageYOffset+window.innerHeight-18
dropmenuobj.contentmeasure=dropmenuobj.offsetHeight
if (windowedge-dropmenuobj.y < dropmenuobj.contentmeasure)
edgeoffset=dropmenuobj.contentmeasure+obj.offsetHeight
}
return edgeoffset
}

function populatemenu(what){
if (ie4boo||ns6boo)
dropmenuobj.innerHTML=what.join("")
}


function dropdownmenu(obj, e, menucontents, menuwidth){
if (window.event) event.cancelBubble=true
else if (e.stopPropagation) e.stopPropagation()
clearhidemenu()
dropmenuobj=document.getElementById? document.getElementById("dropmenudiv") : dropmenudiv
populatemenu(menucontents)

if (ie4boo||ns6boo){
showhide(dropmenuobj.style, e, "visible", "hidden", menuwidth)
dropmenuobj.x=getposOffset(obj, "left")
dropmenuobj.y=getposOffset(obj, "top")
dropmenuobj.style.left=dropmenuobj.x-clearbrowseredge(obj, "rightedge")+"px"
dropmenuobj.style.top=dropmenuobj.y-clearbrowseredge(obj, "bottomedge")+obj.offsetHeight+"px"
}

return clickreturnvalue()
}

function clickreturnvalue(){
if (ie4boo||ns6boo) return false
else return true
}

function contains_ns6boo(a, b) {
while (b.parentNode)
if ((b = b.parentNode) == a)
return true;
return false;
}

function dynamichide(e){
if (ie4boo&&!dropmenuobj.contains(e.toElement))
delayhidemenu()
else if (ns6boo&&e.currentTarget!= e.relatedTarget&& !contains_ns6boo(e.currentTarget, e.relatedTarget))
delayhidemenu()
}

function hidemenu(e){
if (typeof dropmenuobj!="undefined"){
if (ie4boo||ns6boo)
dropmenuobj.style.visibility="hidden"
}
}

function delayhidemenu(){
if (ie4boo||ns6boo)
delayhide=setTimeout("hidemenu()",disappeardelay)
}

function clearhidemenu(){
if (typeof delayhide!="undefined")
clearTimeout(delayhide)
}

if (hidemenu_onclick=="yes")
document.onclick=hidemenu


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