// Validator Object
    var valid = new Object();

    // REGEX Elements

        // matches zip codes
        valid.zipCode = /\d{5}(-\d{4})?/;

        // matches $17.23 or $14,281,545.45 or ...
        valid.Currency = /\$\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*\.\d{2}/;

        // matches 5:04 or 12:34 but not 75:83
        valid.Time = /^([1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5]\d$/;

        //matches email
        valid.emailAddress = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;

        // matches phone ###-###-####
        valid.phoneNumber = /^\(?\d{3}\)?\s|-\d{3}-\d{4}$/;

        // International Phone Number
        valid.phoneNumberInternational = /^\d(\d|-){7,20}/;

        // IP Address
        valid.ipAddress = /^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/;

        // Date xx/xx/xxxx
        valid.Date = /^\d{1,2}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{4}$/;

        // State Abbreviation
        valid.State = /^(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;

        // Social Security Number
        valid.SSN = /^\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{4}$/;

    
function validateForm(theForm)
{
	var msg="";
	var elArr = theForm.elements; 
	for(var i = 0; i < elArr.length; i++) {
	if(elArr[i].oriBkg) elArr[i].style.backgroundColor=elArr[i].oriBkg;
		with(elArr[i]) { 
			var v = elArr[i].validator; 
			var required=className=="required";
			if(v)
			{ 
				var thePat = valid[v]; 
				var gotIt = thePat.exec(value); 
				if(! gotIt)
				{
					if(!required && value=="") continue;
					//alert(name + ": failure to match " + v + " to " + value);
					msg+=name + ": failure to match " + v + " to " + value +"\n";
					select();
					focus(); 
					elArr[i].oriBkg=(style.backgroundColor!='')?style.backgroundColor:'transparent';
					style.backgroundColor="#FF6666";
					// return false;
				}
			}
			else
			{
				if(required && value=="")
				{
					 //alert(name + ": is a required value");
					msg+=name + ": is a required value\n"
					select();
					focus(); 
					elArr[i].oriBkg=(style.backgroundColor!='')?style.backgroundColor:'transparent';
					style.backgroundColor="#FF6666";
					 //return false;
				}
			}
		}
	}
	if(msg!="")
	{
		alert(msg);
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}