var IE4 = (document.all) ? true : false;
var NS4 = (document.layers) ? true : false;
var ver4 = IE4 || NS4 ;

// *************************************************************
//  CLIENT_SIDE SNIFFER CODE (Borrowed from hp.com) 
// *************************************************************
// convert all characters to lowercase to simplify testing
var agt=navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase();

// *** BROWSER VERSION ***
// Note: On IE5, these return 4, so use is_ie5up to detect IE5.
var is_major = parseInt(navigator.appVersion);
var is_minor = parseFloat(navigator.appVersion);

// *** BROWSER TYPE ***
var is_nav  = ((agt.indexOf('mozilla')!=-1) && (agt.indexOf('spoofer')==-1)
            && (agt.indexOf('compatible') == -1) && (agt.indexOf('opera')==-1)
            && (agt.indexOf('webtv')==-1));
var is_nav4up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 4));
var is_nav5up = (is_nav && (is_major >= 5));
var is_ie   = (agt.indexOf("msie") != -1);
var is_ie3  = (is_ie && (is_major < 4));
var is_ie4  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")==-1) );
var is_ie4up  = (is_ie  && (is_major >= 4));
var is_ie5  = (is_ie && (is_major == 4) && (agt.indexOf("msie 5.0")!=-1) );
var is_ie5up  = (is_ie  && !is_ie3 && !is_ie4);

function validateSearch(srchStr){
	var retVal = false

	//if(srchStr.length < 3){
	//	alert("The search string must be at least three characters long.")
	//}else{
		retVal = true
	//}

	return retVal
}

function fixSearchStr(srchStr){
	var retVal

	retVal = srchStr

	retVal = str_replace( "'", "", retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( "?", " ", retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( "&", " ", retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( '"', '', retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( ',', '', retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( "$", "", retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( "=", " ", retVal )
	retVal = str_replace( ";", "", retVal )

	return retVal
}


function validEmail(curEM){
	if( curEM.indexOf('@') == -1 || curEM.indexOf('.') == -1){
		return false
	}else{
		return true
	}
}

function str_replace( find, replace, subject ){
	find = new String(find)
	replace = new String(replace)
	var retVal = new String(subject)
	var i

	i = retVal.indexOf(find)

	while( i > -1 ){
		retVal = retVal.substr(0, i) + replace + retVal.substr(i + 1)
		i = retVal.indexOf(find, i + replace.length)
	}
	return retVal
}