function clearField(object) {
object.value ="";
}

function formrule(field)
{
	if (field.defaultValue == field.value) field.value = "";
}

function formrule2(field) {
  if (field.value == "") {
    field.value = field.defaultValue;
  }
}

var newWin = null; 
function popUp(strURL, strType, strHeight, strWidth) { 
 if (newWin != null && !newWin.closed) 
   newWin.close(); 
 var strOptions=""; 
 if (strType=="console") 
   strOptions="resizable,height="+ 
     strHeight+",width="+strWidth; 
 if (strType=="fixed") 
   strOptions="status,height="+ 
     strHeight+",width="+strWidth; 
 if (strType=="elastic") 
   strOptions="scrollbars,"+ 
     "resizable,height="+ 
     strHeight+",width="+strWidth; 
 newWin = window.open(strURL, 'newWin', strOptions); 
 newWin.focus(); 
}

function remoteflash() {
	document.write('<embed src="http://216.75.26.15/images/flash/home.swf" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="760" height="259"></embed>');
}

function remoteflashmovies() {
	document.write('<embed src="http://www.masstortsmadeperfect.com/mtmp_videos/movies.swf" quality=high pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="320" height="240"></embed>');
}

function printFlash(source, width, height, id, bg_color) {
	document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8" ');
	document.write('width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" id="'+id+'" align="top">');
	document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
	document.write('<param name="movie" value="'+source+'" />');
	document.write('<param name="menu" value="false" />');
	document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
	document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="'+bg_color+'" />');
	document.write('<embed src="'+source+'" menu="false" quality="high" bgcolor="'+bg_color+'" width="'+width+'" height="'+height+'" name="'+id+'" align="top" ');
	document.write('allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
	document.write('</object>');
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

function addbookmark()
{
bookmarkurl="http://www.masstortsmadeperfect.com"
bookmarktitle="The Knowledge to Conquer - Mass Torts Made Perfect"
if (document.all)
window.external.AddFavorite(bookmarkurl,bookmarktitle)
}

// returns true if a string contains only whitespace characters.
function isblank(s)
{
    for(var i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if ((c != ' ') && (c != '\n') && (c != '\t')) return false;
    }
    return true;
}
// performs form verification, invoked from the onSubmit() event handler. 
// The handler should return whatever value this function returns.
function verify(f)
{
    var msg;
    var empty_fields = "";
    var errors = "";

    // Loop through the elements of the form, looking for all 
    // text and textarea elements that don't have an "optional" property
    // defined. Then, check for fields that are empty and make a list of them.
    // Also, if any of these elements have a "min" or a "max" property defined,
    // then verify that they are numbers and that they are in the right range.
    // Put together error messages for invalid fields.
    for(var i = 0; i < f.length; i++) {
        var e = f.elements[i];
//        if (((e.type == "text") || (e.type == "textarea")) && !e.optional) {
        if (e.type == "text" && !e.optional) {
            // first check if the field is empty
            if ((e.value == null) || (e.value == "") || isblank(e.value)) {
                empty_fields += "\n          " + e.name;
                continue;
            }
            // Now check for fields that are supposed to be numeric.
            if (e.numeric || (e.min != null) || (e.max != null)) { 
                var v = parseFloat(e.value);
                if (isNaN(v) || 
                    ((e.min != null) && (v < e.min)) || 
                    ((e.max != null) && (v > e.max))) {
                    errors += "- The field " + e.name + " must be a number";
                    if (e.min != null) 
                        errors += " that is greater than " + e.min;
                    if (e.max != null && e.min != null) 
                        errors += " and less than " + e.max;
                    else if (e.max != null)
                        errors += " that is less than " + e.max;
                    errors += ".\n";
                }
            }
        }
    }
	// check to see if email address field is of valid syntax
	substremail = document.form1.email.value.split("@")
	if (substremail.length > 1)
	{
		index = substremail[1].indexOf(".")
		if (index == -1)
 		{
                    errors += "- please enter a valid e-mail address\n";
		}
	}
	else {
                    errors += "- please enter a valid e-mail address\n";
//		alert("Please enter a valid e-mail address")
//		document.form1.email.focus()
//		return false
	}
    // if there were any errors, display the messages, and
    // return false to prevent the form from being submitted. 
    if (!empty_fields && !errors) return true;
    msg  = "______________________________________________________\n\n"
    msg += "The form was not submitted because of the following error(s).\n";
    msg += "Please correct these error(s) and re-submit.\n";
    msg += "______________________________________________________\n\n"
    if (empty_fields) {
        msg += "The following required field(s) are empty:" 
                + empty_fields + "\n";
        if (errors) msg += "\n";
    }
    msg += errors;
    alert(msg);
    return false;
}

//------------------- OPEN NEW WINDOW -------------------//
var newWindow = null;

function closeWin(){
	if (newWindow != null){
		if(!newWindow.closed)
			newWindow.close();
	}

}

function popUpWin(url, type, strWidth, strHeight){
	closeWin();

	if (type == "fullScreen"){
		strWidth = screen.availWidth - 10;
		strHeight = screen.availHeight - 160;
	}

	var tools="";
	if (type == "standard" || type == "fullScreen") tools = "resizable,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,menubar=no,width="+strWidth+",height="+strHeight+",top=0,left=0";
	if (type == "console") tools = "resizable,toolbar=no,location=no,scrollbars=yes,width="+strWidth+",height="+strHeight+",left=0,top=0";
	newWindow = window.open(url, 'newWin', tools);
	newWindow.focus();
}