// Validator Object
    var valid = new Object();
	var requiredfield = new Object(); // Added by NB

    // 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}$/;
		
		// Required Field    ---- added by NB
		requiredfield.yes = /^.+$/;
		
		// Required Field    ---- added by NB
		requiredfield.cc = /^.+$/;

    
    function validateForm(theForm) {

        var elArr = theForm.elements; 

        for(var i = 0; i < elArr.length; i++) {

           with(elArr[i]) { 
		   
		      // NB added section for checking required as well.
		   	  var v2 = elArr[i].required; 
			  
			  //if((v2 == "cc") && (theForm.action.value == "Submit order by Fax or Mail")) {
				 // continue;
			  //}

              if(v2) { 

              var thePat = requiredfield[v2]; 

	      // Added by DED. gotIt is failing on textareas because
	      // of carriage returns. 
	      var theVal = value;
	
	      if (elArr[i].type=="textarea") {
		theVal = theVal.replace(/[\n]/g, "");
		theVal = theVal.replace(/[\r]/g, "");
	      }
	      if (elArr[i].type=="checkbox" && elArr[i].checked==false) {
		theVal = "";
	      }

              var gotIt = thePat.exec(theVal); 

              if(! gotIt){
                 alert("Please enter a value for " + name);                  
                 //elArr[i].select();
                 elArr[i].focus(); 
                 return false;
              }
			  }
			  
			// ---- end of NB added section
			
              var v = elArr[i].validator; 

              if(!v) continue; 

              var thePat = valid[v]; 

              var gotIt = thePat.exec(value);
			  var notempty = requiredfield.yes.exec(value);
			  
			 

              if(! gotIt && notempty){
                 alert(name + ": failure to match " + v + " to " + value);                  
                 elArr[i].select();
                 elArr[i].focus(); 
                 return false;
              }
           }
        }

        return true;

    }