function validate_required(field,alerttxt)
{
with (field)
{
if (value==null||value=="")
  {alert(alerttxt);return false;}
else {return true}
}
}

function valbutton(thisform) {
// place any other field validations that you require here
// validate myradiobuttons
myOption = -1;
for (i=thisform.myradiobutton.length-1; i > -1; i--) {
if (thisform.myradiobutton[i].checked) {
myOption = i; i = -1;
}
}
if (myOption == -1) {
alert("You must select a radio button");
return false;
}

alert("You selected button number " + myOption
+ " which has a value of "
+ thisform.myradiobutton[myOption].value);

// place any other field validations that you require here
thisform.submit(); // this line submits the form after validation
}

function echeck(str) {

		var at="@"
		var dot="."
		var lat=str.indexOf(at)
		var lstr=str.length
		var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
		   alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		   return false
		}

		if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		}

		 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

		 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }
		
		 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		    alert("Invalid E-mail ID")
		    return false
		 }

 		 return true					
	}

function validate_form_contact(thisform)
{ 
with (thisform)
{

if(thisform.elements["name"].value == 'Name' || thisform.elements["name"].value == '')
{alert('Name Field Must be filled out!'); thisform.elements["name"].focus(); return false;}

if(thisform.elements["subject"].value == 'Subject' || thisform.elements["subject"].value == '')
{alert('Subject Field Must be filled out!'); thisform.elements["subject"].focus(); return false;}


  // ----------------Email Validation Starts----------------------------------
	
	var emailID=document.frm_contact.email;
	var emailText= document.frm_contact.email.value;
	
	/*if ((emailID.value==null)||(emailID.value=="")){
		alert("Please Enter your Email ID")
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}
	if (echeck(emailID.value)==false){
		emailID.value=""
		emailID.focus()
		return false
	}*/
	
	/* 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)$/;
	
	/* 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=emailText.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)");
	email.focus(); 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.");
	email.focus(); return false;
	   }
	}
	for (i=0; i<domain.length; i++) {
	if (domain.charCodeAt(i)>127) {
	alert("Ths domain name contains invalid characters.");
	email.focus(); 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.");
	email.focus(); 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!");
	email.focus(); 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.");
	email.focus(); 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.");
	email.focus(); return false;
	}
	
	// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
	
	if (len<2) {
	alert("This address is missing a hostname!");
	email.focus(); return false;
	}
	
	// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
	
    // ----------------Email Validation Ends-----------------------------------------
	

	if (validate_required(message,"Message Field Must be filled out!")==false)
  {message.focus();return false;}	

  return true  
}

}