function formCheck( form )
{
		

	if( form.sh_email.value == "" ||  form.sh_email.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please fill the required input fields: Login Name");
	    return false;
	}
	var userPat=new RegExp(".*@simplihire.com$");
	var l_email = form.sh_email.value;
	if( l_email.match( userPat) )
	{
		alert( "Your SimpliHire ID has to be your personal email account address such as avi@yahoo.com or nidhi@hotmail.com! It should not be using @simplihire.com. Please use your personal email address and try again!" );
		return false;
	}

	if( form.sh_password.value == "" ||  form.sh_password.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please fill the required input fields: Password");
	    return false;
	}
	sPassword = new String( form.sh_password.value );
	if( sPassword.length < 7 )
	{
		alert("Length of password must be more than 6 characters.");
	    	return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_password.value != form.sh_rcnf_password.value  )
	{
	    alert("Please enter the same text in password and retype password field.");
	    return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_hintq.value == "" ||  form.sh_hintq.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please select the required input fields: Hint question");
	    return false;
	}	
	if( form.sh_hinta.value == "" ||  form.sh_hinta.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please fill the required input fields: Hint answer");
	    return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_first_name.value == "" ||  form.sh_first_name.value == null )
	{
	   alert("Please fill the required input fields: First name");
	   return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_last_name.value == "" ||  form.sh_last_name.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please fill the required input fields: Last name");
	    return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_country.value == "" ||  form.sh_country.value == null )
	{
	    alert("Please select the required input fields: Country");
	    return false;
	}
	//
	// Validate the email address
	//
	var l_emailchk = emailCheck( form.sh_email.value );
	if( !l_emailchk ) return false;
	return true;
}

function emailCheck(emailStr) {
	
/* The following variable tells the rest of the function whether or not
to verify that the address ends in a two-letter country or well-known
TLD.  1 means check it, 0 means don't. */

var checkTLD=1;

/* The following is the list of known TLDs that an e-mail address must end with. */

var knownDomsPat=/^(com|net|org|edu|int|mil|gov|arpa|biz|aero|name|coop|info|pro|museum|tv)$/;

/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
from the domain. */

var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;

/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ] */

var specialChars="\\(\\)><@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";

/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed.*/

var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";

/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
is a legal e-mail address. */

var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";

/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */

var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/;

/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of non-special characters.) */

var atom=validChars + '+';

/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */

var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";

// The following pattern describes the structure of the user

var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");

/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */

var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$");

/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is valid. */

/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
different pieces that are easy to analyze. */

var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);

if (matchArray==null) {

/* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */

alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)");
return false;
}
var user=matchArray[1];
var domain=matchArray[2];

// Start by checking that only basic ASCII characters are in the strings (0-127).

for (i=0; i<user.length; i++) {
if (user.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths username contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}
for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
return false;
   }
}

// See if "user" is valid 

if (user.match(userPat)==null) {

// user is not valid

alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.");
return false;
}

/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */

var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat);
if (IPArray!=null) {
	// this is an IP address
	//
	for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
		if (IPArray[i]>255)
		{
		    alert("Destination IP address is invalid!");
		    return false;
		}
	}
	return true;
}

// Domain is symbolic name.  Check if it's valid.
 
var atomPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "$");
var domArr=domain.split(".");
var len=domArr.length;
for (i=0;i<len;i++) {
if (domArr[i].search(atomPat)==-1) {
alert("The domain name does not seem to be valid.");
return false;
   }
}

/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
known top-level domain (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
the domain or country. */

if (checkTLD && domArr[domArr.length-1].length!=2 && 
domArr[domArr.length-1].search(knownDomsPat)==-1) {
alert("The address must end in a well-known domain or two letter " + "country.");
return false;
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.

if (len<2) {
alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
return false;
}

// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
return true;
}

function formAlumniReferralGroupCheck( form )
{
	 l_state = null;
	 l_institution = null;
	 l_passout_year = null;
	 l_specialization = null;
     for( i = 0; i < document.alumnirefgrp.elements.length; i++ )
     {
     	l_element = document.alumnirefgrp.elements[i];
     	if( l_element.name == 'sh_state' )
     	{
     		l_state = l_element;     		
     	}
     	if( l_element.name == 'sh_institution' )
     	{
     		l_institution = l_element;
     	}
     	if( l_element.name == 'sh_passout_year' )
     	{
     		l_passout_year = l_element;
     	}
     	if( l_element.name == 'sh_specialization' )
	{
		l_specialization = l_element;
     	}

     }
	if( form.sh_edu_level[ form.sh_edu_level.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
		form.sh_edu_level[ form.sh_edu_level.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
		form.sh_edu_level[ form.sh_edu_level.selectedIndex ].text == null )
	{
	    alert("Please select the required input field: Degree");
	    return false;
	}
	if( form.sh_country[ form.sh_country.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
		form.sh_country[ form.sh_country.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
		form.sh_country[ form.sh_country.selectedIndex ].text == null )
	{
	    alert("Please select the required input field: Country");
	    return false;
	}
	if( l_state.nodeName == 'SELECT' )
	{
		if( l_state[ l_state.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
			l_state[ l_state.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
			l_state[ l_state.selectedIndex ].text == null )
		{
	    	alert("Please input the required field: State");
	    	return false;
		}
	}
	if( l_state.nodeName == 'INPUT' )
	{
		if( Trim( l_state.value ) == "" ||  
			l_state.value == "<-- State -->" )
		{
	    	alert("Please input the required field: State");
	    	return false;
		}
	}
	if( l_institution.nodeName == 'SELECT' )
	{
		if( l_institution[ l_institution.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
			l_institution[ l_institution.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
			l_institution[ l_institution.selectedIndex ].text == null )
		{
	    	alert("Please input the required field: College");
	    	return false;
		}
	}
	if( l_institution.nodeName == 'INPUT' )
	{
		if( l_institution.value == "<-- College -->" || 
			Trim( l_institution.value ) == "" )
		{
			alert("Please input the required field: College");
	    	return false;
		}
	}
	if( l_passout_year[ l_passout_year.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
		l_passout_year[ l_passout_year.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
		l_passout_year[ l_passout_year.selectedIndex ].text == null )
	{
	    alert("Please select the required input field: Passout year");
	    return false;
	}
	if( l_specialization.nodeName == 'SELECT' )
	{
		if( l_specialization[ l_specialization.selectedIndex ].text == "Select" ||  
			l_specialization[ l_specialization.selectedIndex ].text == "" ||  
			l_specialization[ l_specialization.selectedIndex ].text == null )
		{
		alert("Please select the required field: Specialization");
		return false;
		}
	}

	if( l_specialization.nodeName == 'INPUT' )
	{
		if( l_specialization.value == "<-- Specialization -->" || 
			Trim( l_specialization.value ) == "" )
		{
			alert("Please input the required field: Specialization");
		return false;
		}
	}

}
function Trim(a_value)
{
    if(a_value.length < 1)
    {
        return"";
    }
    a_value = RTrim(a_value);
    a_value = LTrim(a_value);
    if(a_value == "")
    {
        return "";
    }else
    {
        return a_value;
    }
} //End Function

function RTrim(a_value)
{
    var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
    var v_length = a_value.length;
    var strTemp = "";
    if(v_length < 0)
    {
        return"";
    }
    var iTemp = v_length -1;

    while(iTemp > -1)
    {
        if(a_value.charAt(iTemp) == w_space)
        {
        }else
        {
            strTemp = a_value.substring(0,iTemp +1);
            break;
        }
        iTemp = iTemp-1;
    } //End While
    return strTemp;
} //End Function

function LTrim(a_value)
{
    var w_space = String.fromCharCode(32);
    if(v_length < 1)
    {
         return"";
    }
    var v_length = a_value.length;
    var strTemp = "";
    var iTemp = 0;

    while(iTemp < v_length)
    {
        if(a_value.charAt(iTemp) == w_space)
        {
        }else
        {
            strTemp = a_value.substring(iTemp,v_length);
            break;
        }
        iTemp = iTemp + 1;
    } //End While
    return strTemp;
} //End Function