function trim(inputString) {
			// Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
			// consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
			// a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
			if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
			//var retValue = inputString.replace(/^[]+/,'') ;
			var retValue = inputString;
			var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
			while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
			retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
			ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
			}
			ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
			while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
			retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
			ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
			}
			while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
			retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
			}
			return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
			} // Ends the "trim" function
		


function ValidEmail(inputEmail)
			{
					var email=inputEmail;
					var c;
					var S;
						if (email.indexOf("@",0) <= 0 || email.indexOf(".",0) <= 0 )
						{												
							return false;
						}												
						var names = email.substr(email.indexOf("@",0)+1,email.length);						
						for (var i=0 ;i<=names.length-1;i++)
						{																										
							c = names.substr(i, 1);							
							S="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-.";							
							if (S.indexOf(c,0) < 0 &&  isNaN(c))							
							{								
								return false;
							}
						}						
						var names = email.substr(0,email.indexOf("@",0));					
						for (var i=0 ;i<=names.length-1;i++)
						{
							names=names.toLowerCase() ;																					
							c = names.substr(i, 1);							
							S="abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz_-.";							
							if (S.indexOf(c,0) < 0 &&  isNaN(c))							
							{								
								return false;
							}
						}						
						if (names.substr(0,1)=='.' || names.substr(names.Length-1,1)=='.' )
						{								
								return false;
						}
						return true;
			}