////// VALIDATE THE STUDENT SITUATION FORMS ////////
////// © RENVIEW.COM 2001 /////////////

function checkForm(form) 
{
for (var i=0; i < form.elements.length; i++) 
	{
		if (form.elements[i].value == "") 
		{
		alert("Fill out all fields please.")
		form.elements[i].focus()
		return false
		}
	}
return true
}

function validateContactForm(form) 
{
		var myForm = document.forms[0];

// Validate Username 
if ( myForm.mailformFromName.value == "" )
	{
	alert("ENQUIRY FORM ERROR!? \n\n Please provide your Name");
	myForm.mailformFromName.focus()
	return false;
	}
	
if ( myForm.mailformFromEmail.value == "" )
	{
	alert("ENQUIRY FORM ERROR!? \n\n We require an valid email address so send a reply");
	myForm.mailformFromEmail.focus()
	return false;
	}
	

///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////	
//////// now let's do a proper email check
return emailCheck(myForm.mailformFromEmail.value);
return true
} 


/////////////  BEGIN DETAILED EMAIL VALIDATION  ////////////

function emailCheck (emailStr) {
/* 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)")
	document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.focus()
	return false
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]

// See if "user" is valid 
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    // user is not valid
    alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
	document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.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!")
			document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.focus()
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}

// Domain is symbolic name
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
	document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.focus()
    return false
}

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

/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
   it consists of. */
var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
var len=domArr.length
if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
   alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
   document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.focus()
   return false
}

// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
if (len<2) {
   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname! (username@host.com)"
   alert(errStr)
   document.forms[0].mailformFromEmail.focus()
   return false
}

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

}


///////////////  END EMAIL VALIDATION     ////////