function validate(frm1) {
	if (trim(frm1.first_name.value) =="")
	{
		alert("Please Enter First Name");
		frm1.first_name.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (trim(frm1.last_name.value) =="")
	{
		alert("Please Enter Last Name");
		frm1.last_name.focus();
		return false;
	}

	if (trim(frm1.email.value) =="")
	{
		alert("Please Enter Email");
		frm1.email.focus();
		return false;
	}


	if (!check_email(frm1.email.value))
	{
		alert("Invalid Email");
		frm1.email.focus();
		frm1.email.select();
		return false;
	}
	if (trim(frm1.remail.value) =="")
	{
		alert("Please Retype Email");
		frm1.remail.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (trim(frm1.email.value) != trim(frm1.remail.value))
	{
		alert("Incorrect Email, Please Retype");
		frm1.remail.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (frm1.cont_id.selectedIndex==0)
	{
		alert("Please Choose Country");
		frm1.cont_id.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (frm1.cor.selectedIndex==0)
	{
		alert("Please Choose a Country of Residence");
		frm1.cor.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (frm1.cor.selectedIndex==1 && frm1.othcty.value=="")
	{
		alert("Please Specify a Country of Residence");
		frm1.othcty.disabled = false;
		frm1.othcty.focus();
		return false;
	}
	if (frm1.message.value=="")
	{
		alert("Please write a message");
		frm1.message.focus();
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}

function check_email(e) {
ok = "1234567890qwertyuiop[]asdfghjklzxcvbnm.@-_QWERTYUIOPASDFGHJKLZXCVBNM";

for(i=0; i < e.length ;i++){
if(ok.indexOf(e.charAt(i))<0){ 
return (false);
}	
} 

if (document.images) {
re = /(@.*@)|(\.\.)|(^\.)|(^@)|(@$)|(\.$)|(@\.)/;
re_two = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,4}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;
if (!e.match(re) && e.match(re_two)) {
return (-1);		
} 

}

}

function trim(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function