// JavaScript Document
function maxlength(element, maxlen)
{
	var totallen = eval("document.getElementById('"+element+"').value.length");
	if (totallen > maxlen)
	{
		alert('Your input must be '+ maxlen +' characters or less.');
		eval("document.getElementById('"+element+"')").focus();
		return false;
	 }
	 else
	 {
		  return true;
	 }
}


function decision(message, url)
{
	if(confirm(message)) location.href = url;
}


function go_back(link,s)
{
	if (parseInt(s)==1)
	{
		this.setTimeout("gotothePage('"+ link +"')",10);  //setTimeout 
	}

}
function gotothePage(lnk)
{
location.href = lnk;
}

//****
//<script language = "Javascript">
/**
 * DHTML date validation script for dd/mm/yyyy. 
 */
// Declaring valid date character, minimum year and maximum year
/*var dtCh= "/";
var minYear=1900;
var maxYear=2100;

function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){
	var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function daysInFebruary (year){
	// February has 29 days in any year evenly divisible by four,
    // EXCEPT for centurial years which are not also divisible by 400.
    return (((year % 4 == 0) && ( (!(year % 100 == 0)) || (year % 400 == 0))) ? 29 : 28 );
}
function DaysArray(n) {
	for (var i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		this[i] = 31
		if (i==4 || i==6 || i==9 || i==11) {this[i] = 30}
		if (i==2) {this[i] = 29}
   } 
   return this
}

function isDate(dtStr){
	var daysInMonth = DaysArray(12)
	var pos1=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh)
	var pos2=dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos1+1)
	var strDay=dtStr.substring(0,pos1)
	var strMonth=dtStr.substring(pos1+1,pos2)
	var strYear=dtStr.substring(pos2+1)
	strYr=strYear
	if (strDay.charAt(0)=="0" && strDay.length>1) strDay=strDay.substring(1)
	if (strMonth.charAt(0)=="0" && strMonth.length>1) strMonth=strMonth.substring(1)
	for (var i = 1; i <= 3; i++) {
		if (strYr.charAt(0)=="0" && strYr.length>1) strYr=strYr.substring(1)
	}
	month=parseInt(strMonth)
	day=parseInt(strDay)
	year=parseInt(strYr)
	if (pos1==-1 || pos2==-1){
		alert("The date format should be : dd/mm/yyyy")
		return false
	}
	if (strMonth.length<1 || month<1 || month>12){
		alert("Please enter a valid month")
		return false
	}
	if (strDay.length<1 || day<1 || day>31 || (month==2 && day>daysInFebruary(year)) || day > daysInMonth[month]){
		alert("Please enter a valid day")
		return false
	}
	if (strYear.length != 4 || year==0 || year<minYear || year>maxYear){
		alert("Please enter a valid 4 digit year between "+minYear+" and "+maxYear)
		return false
	}
	if (dtStr.indexOf(dtCh,pos2+1)!=-1 || isInteger(stripCharsInBag(dtStr, dtCh))==false){
		alert("Please enter a valid date")
		return false
	}
return true
}

function ValidateDate(fld){
	var dt=document.getElementById(fld) //frmSample.txtDate
	if (dt.value=='')
		return true
	if (isDate(dt.value)==false){
		dt.focus()
		return false
	}
    return true
 }

//</script>*/

function dateCompare(dt1, dt2,splitter )
{
 splitter = splitter == "" ? '-' : splitter ;
 dt1 = dt1 == "" ?"31-01-2005" : dt1 ; 
 dt2 = dt2 == "" ?"31-03-2005" : dt2 ; 
dt1Arr = dt1.split(splitter) ;
dt2Arr = dt2.split(splitter) ;
//alert(dt2Arr[2] +dt2Arr[1] + dt2Arr[0]) ;
//alert(dt1Arr[2] +dt1Arr[1] + dt1Arr[0]) ;
//mydate = new Date( 2005, 05, 07)
//mydate2 = new Date( 2005, 06, 07)
mydate = new Date( dt1Arr[2] , dt1Arr[1]  , dt1Arr[0] )
mydate2 = new Date( dt2Arr[2] , dt2Arr[1] , dt2Arr[0] )

//alert(mydate.getFullYear())
//alert(mydate - mydate2 )
dtDifference = mydate - mydate2 
biggerDate = dtDifference < 0 ? -1 : ( dtDifference > 0 ? 1 : 0 ) ;
return biggerDate;

//biggerDate == -1 ? alert("first date is earlier than last date") : (biggerDate == 1 ? alert("first date is later than last date") : alert("first date is equal to  last date") )

}