function strTrim(tmpStr)
{
	tmpStr = tmpStr.replace(/^\s+/,"");//remove leading
	tmpStr = tmpStr.replace(/\s+$/,"");//remove trailing
	return tmpStr;
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function trimFields()
{
	for(var i=0; i < obj.elements.length; i++)
	{
		if(obj.elements[i].type == "text" || obj.elements[i].type == "textarea" || obj.elements[i].type == "password")
		{
			obj.elements[i].value = strTrim(obj.elements[i].value);
		}
	}
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function chkEmail(tmpStr)
{
	var email_pat = /^[a-z][a-z0-9_\.\-]*[a-z0-9]@[a-z0-9]+[a-z0-9\.\-_]*\.[a-z]+$/i;
	return(email_pat.test(tmpStr));
}
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function NewWindow(pageName)
{
	window.open(pageName, '', 'width=800,height=500,toolbar=0,menubar=0,location=0,left=50,top=100,scrollbars=1');
}

//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Checks URL against pattern
function chkURL(tmpStr)
{
	var url_pat = /^(http|https|ftp):\/\/([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]+(\/[\w-\.\/?%&amp;,=#@\/:]*)?/;
	return(url_pat.test(tmpStr));
}


//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
//Zip code validation
//------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
function chkZip(tmpStr)
{
	var str_pat = /^\d{5}$/;
	return(str_pat.test(tmpStr));
}