function setBGColor(obj,bg) {
	obj.style.background = bg;
}

function validateEmail( strValue) {
var objRegExp  = /^[a-z0-9]([a-z0-9_\-\.]*)@([a-z0-9_\-\.]*)(\.[a-z]{2,3}(\.[a-z]{2}){0,2})$/i;
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateUSPhone( strValue ) {
  var objRegExp  = /^\([1-9]\d{2}\)\s?\d{3}\-\d{4}$/;
 
  //check for valid us phone with or without space between 
  //area code
  return objRegExp.test(strValue); 
}


function validateNotEmpty( strValue ) {
   var strTemp = strValue;
   strTemp = trimAll(strTemp);
   if(strTemp.length > 0){
     return true;
   }  
   return false;
}



function validateState (strValue ) {
var objRegExp = /^(AK|AL|AR|AZ|CA|CO|CT|DC|DE|FL|GA|HI|IA|ID|IL|IN|KS|KY|LA|MA|MD|ME|MI|MN|MO|MS|MT|NB|NC|ND|NH|NJ|NM|NV|NY|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VA|VT|WA|WI|WV|WY)$/i; 
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateUSZip( strValue ) {
var objRegExp  = /(^\d{5}$)|(^\d{5}-\d{4}$)/;
  return objRegExp.test(strValue);
}

function validateUSDate( strValue ) {
  var objRegExp = /^\d{1,2}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{4}$/
 
  //check to see if in correct format
  if(!objRegExp.test(strValue))
    return false; //doesn't match pattern, bad date
  else{
    var arrayDate = strValue.split(RegExp.$1); //split date into month, day, year
	var intDay = parseInt(arrayDate[1],10); 
	var intYear = parseInt(arrayDate[2],10);
    var intMonth = parseInt(arrayDate[0],10);
	
	//check for valid month
	if(intMonth > 12 || intMonth < 1) {
		return false;
	}
	
    //create a lookup for months not equal to Feb.
    var arrayLookup = { '01' : 31,'03' : 31, '04' : 30,'05' : 31,'06' : 30,'07' : 31,
                        '08' : 31,'09' : 30,'10' : 31,'11' : 30,'12' : 31}
  
    //check if month value and day value agree
    if(arrayLookup[arrayDate[0]] != null) {
      if(intDay <= arrayLookup[arrayDate[0]] && intDay != 0)
        return true; //found in lookup table, good date
    }
		
    //check for February
	var booLeapYear = (intYear % 4 == 0 && (intYear % 100 != 0 || intYear % 400 == 0));
    if( ((booLeapYear && intDay <= 29) || (!booLeapYear && intDay <=28)) && intDay !=0)
      return true; //Feb. had valid number of days
  }
  return false; //any other values, bad date
}

function trimAll( strValue ) {
 var objRegExp = /^(\s*)$/;

    //check for all spaces
    if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '');
       if( strValue.length == 0)
          return strValue;
    }
    
   //check for leading & trailing spaces
   objRegExp = /^(\s*)([\W\w]*)(\b\s*$)/;
   if(objRegExp.test(strValue)) {
       //remove leading and trailing whitespace characters
       strValue = strValue.replace(objRegExp, '$2');
    }
  return strValue;
}