// JavaScript Document
    // Validator Object
    var valid = new Object();

    // REGEX Elements

        // all available characters
        valid.allavailable = /\w/;
        valid.any = /\w/;

        // matches zip codes
        valid.zipCode = /(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/;

        // matches $17.23 or $14,281,545.45 or ...
        valid.Currency = /\$\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*\.\d{2}/;

        // matches 17.23 or 14,281,545.45 or ...
		// valid.CommonNumbers = /\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*[\.\d{2}]/;
        valid.CommonNumbers = /^\d*[0-9](\.\d*[0-9])?$/;  
		
        // matches 17.23 or 14,281,545.45 or ...
        valid.SomeNumbers = /^\d{1,6}/;

        // matches 5:04 or 12:34 but not 75:83
        valid.Time = /^([1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5]\d$/;

        //matches email
        valid.emailAddress = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;

        // matches phone ###-###-####
        valid.phoneNumber = /^\(?\d{3}\)?\s|-\d{3}-\d{4}$/;

        // International Phone Number
        valid.phoneNumberInternational = /^\d(\d|-){7,20}/;

        // IP Address
        valid.ipAddress = /^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/;

        // Date xx/xx/xxxx
        valid.Date = /^\d{1,2}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{4}$/;
//        valid.Date = /^\d{4}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{1,2}$/;

        // percentage
        valid.Percent =  /^\d{2}$/;

        // State Abbreviation
        valid.State = /^(AK|AL|AR|AZ|CA|CO|CT|DC|DE|FL|GA|HI|IA|ID|IL|IN|KS|KY|LA|MA|MD|ME|MI|MN|MO|MS|MT|NB|NC|ND|NH|NJ|NM|NV|NY|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VA|VT|WA|WI|WV|WY)$/i;

        // Social Security Number
        valid.SSN = /^\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{4}$/;
		
		// 255 characters
		valid.Count = /\w/;
		
		// limit 10 selections
		valid.Limit = /\w/;


    function validateForm(theForm) {
        var elArr = theForm.elements.length;

		for(var i = 0; i < elArr; i++) {
			with(theForm.elements[i]) {
//				var v = theForm.elements[i].alt;
//				var rq = theForm.elements[i].title;

				var str = theForm.elements[i].title;
				var strAry = str.split(" : ");
				if(strAry.length < 1) continue;
				var v = strAry[1];
				var rq = strAry[0];

				if(!v) continue;

				var thePat = valid[v];
				var gotIt = thePat.exec(value);

				if(value.length>0  || rq) {
        	      if(! gotIt){
				  	if(value.length>0){err="is invalid.";}else{err="is required.";}
        	         alert("Error: " + name + " " + err);
        	         theForm.elements[i].focus();
//        	         theForm.elements[i].select();

        	         return false;
				  }
				}

			  if(v=="Count" && value.length > 255) {
				  err="needs to be less than 255 characters. \n[Currently:" + value.length + "]";
				  alert("Error: " + name + " " + err);
       	         theForm.elements[i].focus();
				  return false
				}
				
			}
        }

        return true;

    }