function fmtHTMLChar(form) {
	var len = form.elements.length
	for (var i = 0; i<len; i++) {
		var thisform = form.elements[i]
		while (thisform.value.indexOf("'") != -1 ||
				thisform.value.indexOf("<") != -1 ||
				thisform.value.indexOf(">") != -1 ||
				thisform.value.indexOf("%") != -1) {
			thisform.value = thisform.value.replace("'", "&#39;").replace("%", "&#37;").replace("<", "&lt;").replace(">", "&gt;");
		}
	}
}

function select(field) {
	if (field != null) {
		field.focus()
		//field.select()
	}
}

function isEmail(email)
{
	var emailPattern = /^\w+[\w\.-]+@[\w\.-]+\.\w+$/g
	if (emailPattern.test(email.value)) 
	return true;	
	alert("Please enter valid email ");
	select(email)
	return false;
}

function isEmptyInForm(formStr,value) {
	//alert(formStr.name);
	if ((formStr.type=="text") || (formStr.type=="password") || (formStr.type=="select-one") || (formStr.type=="textarea") )
	{
	if (formStr.value == "" || formStr.value == null) {
	alert("Please enter "+value);
	select(formStr);
		return true
		}
	}
	else if (formStr[0].type=="radio")
	{
	//alert("here");
	Notok=true;
		for (var i=0; i < formStr.length; i++)
  	 	{
   		if (formStr[i].checked)
      		{
     		 Notok=false;
     		 }
		}
		if (Notok)
		{
			alert("Please choose "+value);
			//select(formStr);
		}
		return Notok
	}
	//return false
}