//For Selecting/ deselecting check boxed
	function selectDeselect(field, isCheck) {
		var boxes = document.getElementsByName(field);
		var boxes_checked = anyChecked();
	
		if(isCheck){
			if(document.getElementsByName(isCheck)[0].checked) setChecks(true);
			else setChecks(false);			
		}else{
			if(!boxes_checked) setChecks(true);
			else setChecks(false);
		}
	
		function setChecks( setting ) {
			for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
				boxes[ i ].checked = setting;
			}
		}
		function anyChecked() {
			for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
				if( boxes[i].checked == true) {
					return (true);
				} 
			}
			return (false);
		}
	}

	//To check wheather user have selected box or not
	function anyChecked() {
		for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
			if( boxes[i].checked == true) {
				return (true);
			} 
		}
		return (false);
	}

	function trim(s) {
	 while (s.substring(0,1) == ' ') {
	  s = s.substring(1,s.length);
	 }
	 while (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') {
	  s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
	 }
	 return s;
	}



	//For checking Null values
	function isNull(aStr)
	{
		var index;		
		for (index=0; index < aStr.length; index++)
			if (aStr.charAt(index) != ' ')
				return false;
		return true;
	}
	
	//For checking invalid E-Mail address

	function isEmail(aStr){
		var reEmail=/^[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\@[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\.[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+$/;
		if(!reEmail.test(aStr))
		{
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	//Removing the newline character
	function countChars(str){
		var reg = new RegExp("[\f\n\r\v]*","g");
		str = str.replace(reg,"");
		return str.length;   
	}

	//check validity of date
	function checkDate(dt)
	{
		var reg = new RegExp("[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{4}$");
		if(reg.test(dt))
		{
			var datepart = dt.split("/");
			for(i=0;i<datepart.length;i++)
				datepart[i] = parseFloat(datepart[i]);
			if(datepart[1] > 31 || datepart[0] > 12)
				return false;
			else if((datepart[0] == 4 || datepart[0] == 6 || datepart[0] == 9 || datepart[0] == 11) && datepart[1] == 31)
				return false;	
			else if(datepart[0] == 2)
			{
				if(datepart[1] > 29)
					return false;
				if(!LeapYear(datepart[2]) && datepart[1] == 29)
					return false;
			}
			return true;						
		}
		return false;			
	}


	function LeapYear(intYear) {
		if (intYear % 100 == 0) {
			if (intYear % 400 == 0) { return true; }
		}
		else { 
			if ((intYear % 4) == 0) { return true; }
		}
		return false;
	}

function compareDates(dt1,dt2)
{
	var datepart1 = dt1.split("/");
	var datepart2 = dt2.split("/");
		
	for(i=0;i<datepart1.length;i++)
	{
		datepart1[i] = parseFloat(datepart1[i]);
		datepart2[i] = parseFloat(datepart2[i]);		
	}	
	
	if(datepart1[2] > datepart2[2])
		return 1;
	else if(datepart1[2] < datepart2[2])	 
		return -1;
	else if(datepart2[2] == datepart1[2])	 	
	{
		if(datepart1[0] > datepart2[0])
			return 1;
		else if(datepart1[0] < datepart2[0])	
			return -1;
		else if(datepart1[0] == datepart2[0])					 
		{
			if(datepart1[1] > datepart2[1])
				return 1;
			else if(datepart1[1] < datepart2[1])	
				return -1;			
		}
	}
	return 0;	
}