function submitIt(theForm,target){
		theForm.action=target;
		theForm.submit();
	}
	
	function checkdate(objName) {
	var datefield = objName;
	if (chkdate(objName) == false) {
	datefield.select();
	alert("That date is invalid. Please try again.");
	datefield.focus();
	return false;
	}
	else {
	return true;
	}
	}
	function chkdate(objName) {
	var strDatestyle = "US"; //United States date style Month Day Year
	//var strDatestyle = "EU"; //European date style Day Month Year
	var runTime = new Date();
	var strCurrentYear = runTime.getYear();
	var strDate;
	var strDateArray;
	var strDay;
	var strMonth;
	var strYear;
	var intday;
	var intMonth;
	var intYear;
	var booFound = false;
	var datefield = objName;
	var strSeparatorArray = new Array("-"," ","/",".");
	var intElementNr;
	var err = 0;
	var strMonthArray = new Array(12);
	strMonthArray[0] = "Jan";
	strMonthArray[1] = "Feb";
	strMonthArray[2] = "Mar";
	strMonthArray[3] = "Apr";
	strMonthArray[4] = "May";
	strMonthArray[5] = "Jun";
	strMonthArray[6] = "Jul";
	strMonthArray[7] = "Aug";
	strMonthArray[8] = "Sep";
	strMonthArray[9] = "Oct";
	strMonthArray[10] = "Nov";
	strMonthArray[11] = "Dec";
	strDate = datefield.value;
	if (strDate.length < 1) {
	return true;
	}
	for (intElementNr = 0; intElementNr < strSeparatorArray.length; intElementNr++) {
	if (strDate.indexOf(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]) != -1) {
	strDateArray = strDate.split(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]);
	if ((strDateArray.length < 2) || (strDateArray.length > 3)) {
	err = 1;
	alert('X');
	return false;
	}
	else {
	strDay = strDateArray[0];
	strMonth = strDateArray[1];
	if (strDateArray.length == 2) 
	strYear = strCurrentYear
	else
	strYear = strDateArray[2];
	}
	booFound = true;
	}
	}
	if (booFound == false) {
	if (strDate.length>5) {
	strDay = strDate.substr(0, 2);
	strMonth = strDate.substr(2, 2);
	strYear = strDate.substr(4);
	}
	}

	if (strYear == null || strYear.length>4) {
	  return false;
	}

	if (strYear.length == 1) {
	strYear = '0' + strYear
	}

	if (strYear.length == 2) {
	strYear = '20' + strYear;
	}

	// US style
	if (strDatestyle == "US") {
	strTemp = strDay;
	strDay = strMonth;
	strMonth = strTemp;
	}

	intday = parseInt(strDay, 10);
	if (isNaN(intday)) {
	err = 2;
	return false;
	}

	intMonth = parseInt(strMonth, 10);
	if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
	for (i = 0;i<12;i++) {
	if (strMonth.toUpperCase() == strMonthArray[i].toUpperCase()) {
	intMonth = i+1;
	strMonth = strMonthArray[i];
	i = 12;
	}
	}

	if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
	err = 3;
	return false;
	}
	}

	intYear = parseInt(strYear, 10);
	if (isNaN(intYear)) {
	err = 4;
	return false;
	}

	if (intMonth>12 || intMonth<1) {
	err = 5;
	return false;
	}

	if ((intMonth == 1 || intMonth == 3 || intMonth == 5 || intMonth == 7 || intMonth == 8 || intMonth == 10 || intMonth == 12) && (intday > 31 || intday < 1))
	{
	err = 6;
	return false;
	}

	if ((intMonth == 4 || intMonth == 6 || intMonth == 9 || intMonth == 11) && (intday > 30 || intday < 1)) {
	err = 7;
	return false;
	}

	if (intMonth == 2) {
	if (intday < 1) {
	err = 8;
	return false;
	}
	if (LeapYear(intYear) == true) {
	if (intday > 29) {
	err = 9;
	return false;
	}
	}
	else {
	if (intday > 28) {
	err = 10;
	return false;
	}
	}
	}

	if (strDatestyle == "US") {
	datefield.value = strMonthArray[intMonth-1] + " " + intday+", " + strYear;
	}
	else {
	datefield.value = intday + "/" + strMonthArray[intMonth-1] + "/" + strYear;
	}
	return true;
	}

	function LeapYear(intYear) {
	if (intYear % 100 == 0) {
	if (intYear % 400 == 0) { return true; }
	}
	else {
	if ((intYear % 4) == 0) { return true; }
	}
	return false;
	}
	
	
	function validateStr(control) {
		if (control.value=="") {
			alert('Please enter the ' + control.name);
			//control.focus();
			return false;
		}
		{ return true;}
	}
	
	
	


/*Function Name：chkemail
  Effect：check if it is a valid Email Address
  Inputs：objField
  Returns：0-invalid Email format , 1-valid email format
  Author: Lily  */
function chkEmail(objField)
{   var STR=objField.value
    var i=STR.length;
    if ( STR.length!= 0){
    	
        var temp = STR.indexOf("@");
        var tempd = STR.indexOf(".");
        if (temp > 1) {
           if ((i-temp) > 3){
               if ((i-tempd)>0){
                 return 1; 
            	}
           }
        }
        alert("Please enter proper email address!");
        objField.select();
        return 0;
      }
    
 }     


/*Funtion name：chkNum
  Effects：to check the numeric value  
  Inputs： objField 
  Returns：1-numeric ，0-not numeric
  Author: Lily  */
function chkNum(objField)
{
  var i,j,strTemp,NUM;
  NUM=objField.value;
  strTemp="0123456789";
 // if (flag=="Y") {
    if ( NUM.length!= 0){
    	//alert("The value can't be empty!");
    	//return 0;
       //}	
    //else{
      for (i=0;i<NUM.length;i++)
      {
        j=strTemp.indexOf(NUM.charAt(i));    
        if (j==-1)
        {
        //说明有字符不是数字
            alert("Please enter numeric value!");
            objField.select();
            return 0;
        }
      }
      //说明是数字
      return 1;
     } 
   }
  


/*Function name：chkTel
  Effects：to check the telephone number
  Inputs： objField
  Returns：1-valid telephone number ，0-invalid telephone number
  Author: Lily  */
function chkTel(objField)
{
    var i,j,strTemp,TEL;
    TEL=objField.value;
    strTemp="0123456789-()# ";
    for (i=0;i<TEL.length;i++)
    {
        j=strTemp.indexOf(TEL.charAt(i));    
        if (j==-1)
        {
        //说明有字符不合法
            alert ("Please enter proper telephone number!");
            objField.select();
            return 0;
        }
    }
    //说明合法
    return 1;
}


/*Function name :chkText
  Effects: to check the text/string format
  Inputs:  objField
  Returns: 1- valid string  , 0-invalid string
  Author: Lily  */
function chkText(objField)
{
    var i,j,strTemp,NUM;
    TXT=objField.value;
    strTemp="'~!@#$%^&*()-_=+[{]}\|;:'',<.>/?";
    if ( TXT.length!= 0)
    { 
      k=TXT.indexOf('"');
      if (k!=-1) {alert("Please enter valid characters!"); return 0;}
      {  	 
      for (i=0;i<TXT.length;i++)
      {
        j=strTemp.indexOf(TXT.charAt(i));    
        if (j!=-1)
        {
        //说明有字符非法
            alert("Please enter valid characters!");
            objField.select();
            return 0;
        }
      }
      //说明合法
      return 1;
      }
   } 
}