function validate(form) {
	var ret=true;
	var message="";

	if (searchform.searchtxt.value == "") {
		
		searchform.searchtxt.style.background="";
	}
	else {
			// alert(form.searchtxt.value.length);
			if(  (CharValidate(form.searchtxt)==false) || (form.searchtxt.value.length > 30) ){
			searchform.searchtxt.style.background="#FFFFA8";
			searchform.searchtxt.focus();
			ret= false;
			} 
			else {
			
			searchform.searchtxt.style.background="";
			
			}
	}

	
	if (searchform.category.value =="" && searchform.searchtxt.value == "") {
		searchform.category.style.background="#FFFFA8";
		searchform.category.focus();
		ret = false;
	}
	else {
		searchform.category.style.background="";
	}
	
	if (searchform.programme.value =="" && searchform.searchtxt.value == "") {
		searchform.programme.style.background="#FFFFA8";
		searchform.programme.focus();
		ret = false;
	}
	else {
		searchform.programme.style.background="";
	}

	if (searchform.mode.value =="" && searchform.searchtxt.value == "") {
		searchform.mode.style.background="#FFFFA8";
		searchform.mode.focus();
		ret = false;
	}
	else {
		searchform.mode.style.background="";
	}

	

	return ret;


}	

function CharValidate(field1) {
var valid = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 1234567890"
var ok = "yes";
var temp;
	for (var i=0; i<field1.value.length; i++) {
	temp = "" + field1.value.substring(i, i+1);
	if (valid.indexOf(temp) == "-1") ok = "no";
	}
	if (ok == "no") {
	return false;
	}
	
	else return true;
}

function printWindow(){
browserVersion = parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
if (browserVersion >= 4) window.print()
}

// -->

function mailpage()
{
  mail_str = "mailto:?subject= Win a chance to experiance e-Learning " + document.title;
  mail_str += "&body= I recommend this promotion (informaticsgroup.com) tip -- " + document.title;
  mail_str += ". You should check this out at, " + location.href; 
  location.href = mail_str;
}
function openDir( form ) { 
	var newIndex = form.fieldname.selectedIndex; 
	if ( newIndex == 0 ) { 
		alert( "Please select a location!" ); 
	} else { 
		cururl = form.fieldname.options[ newIndex ].value; 
		window.open( cururl);
		//window.location.assign( cururl ); 
	} 
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}
function MM_reloadPage(init) {  //reloads the window if Nav4 resized
  if (init==true) with (navigator) {if ((appName=="Netscape")&&(parseInt(appVersion)==4)) {
    document.MM_pgW=innerWidth; document.MM_pgH=innerHeight; onresize=MM_reloadPage; }}
  else if (innerWidth!=document.MM_pgW || innerHeight!=document.MM_pgH) location.reload();
}
MM_reloadPage(true);
// -->

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_showHideLayers() { //v3.0
  var i,p,v,obj,args=MM_showHideLayers.arguments;
  for (i=0; i<(args.length-2); i+=3) if ((obj=MM_findObj(args[i]))!=null) { v=args[i+2];
    if (obj.style) { obj=obj.style; v=(v=='show')?'visible':(v='hide')?'hidden':v; }
    obj.visibility=v; }
}