function LTrim(str)
        {
               var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
               var s = new String(str);
                if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(0)) != -1) {

                    var j=0, i = s.length;
                    while (j < i && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(j)) != -1)
                        j++;
                    s = s.substring(j, i);
                }

                return s;
        }
function RTrim(str)
       {
                var whitespace = new String(" \t\n\r");
                var s = new String(str);
                if (whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(s.length-1)) != -1) {
                    var i = s.length - 1;       
                    while (i >= 0 && whitespace.indexOf(s.charAt(i)) != -1)
                        i--;
                    s = s.substring(0, i+1);
                }

                return s;
        }


function Trim(str)
        {
                return RTrim(LTrim(str));
        }
function Validate(theForm) {
   if (Trim(theForm.Email.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your email address.");
    theForm.Email.focus();
    return (false);
  }
	var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
	var ch = checkStr.indexOf('@');

	if (ch==0 || ch==-1) {
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		theForm.Email.focus();
		return (false);
	}
	var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzƒŠŒŽšœžŸÀÁÂÃÄÅÆÇÈÉÊËÌÍÎÏÐÑÒÓÔÕÖØÙÚÛÜÝÞßàáâãäåæçèéêëìíîïðñòóôõöøùúûüýþ0123456789@.-+_'!#$%&()*,/";
	var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
	var allValid = true;
	for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++) {
		ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
		for (j = 0;  j < checkOK.length;  j++)
			if (ch == checkOK.charAt(j))
				break;
				if (j == checkOK.length) {
					allValid = false;
					break;
				}
	}
	if (!allValid) {
		alert("Please enter a valid email address.");
		theForm.Email.focus();
		return (false);
	}
	if (Trim(theForm.FirstName.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your first name.");
    theForm.FirstName.focus();
    return (false);
  }
  if (Trim(theForm.LastName.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your last name.");
    theForm.LastName.focus();
    return (false);
  }
  if (Trim(theForm.ZipCode.value) == "")
  {
    alert("Please enter your zip code.");
    theForm.ZipCode.focus();
    return (false);
  }
   if (Trim(theForm.boxCode.value) == "")   
  {
      alert("Please retry the secret code. The form will not be submitted unless the correct letters and digits are entered.  If you are having trouble viewing the code, you can refresh your Internet screen, and a new code will appear.");
      theForm.boxCode.focus();
      return (false);
  }
		return (true);
}