function trim_all(strObjName){ 
	//this function removes the spaces from the variables
        var strObj = strObjName;
        var strRet = "";
        for (i = 0;i < strObj.length;i++)
        {
                if(strObj.charAt(i) != " " && strObj.charAt(i) != "")
                        strRet = strRet+strObj.charAt(i);
        }
        return strRet;
}


function checkme(){

	var userEMAIL = document.ugethelp.userEMAIL;
	var reTESTfirstchar = /^[a-zA-Z]*$/;
	var reEmail         = /^[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\@[0-9a-zA-Z_\-]+\.[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]*$/;
	
	if(trim_all(userEMAIL.value) == ""){
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='block';
		userEMAIL.focus();
		return false;
	}else if(!reTESTfirstchar.test(userEMAIL.value.charAt(0))){
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert1').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert2').style.display='block';
		userEMAIL.focus();
		return false;
	}else if(!reEmail.test(userEMAIL.value)){
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert2').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert1').style.display='block';
		userEMAIL.focus();
		return false;
	}else{
		document.getElementById('ualert').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert1').style.display='none';
		document.getElementById('ualert2').style.display='none';
	}
	if(document.getElementById('user').value==1){
		var r = document.ugethelp.userTYPE;
		var myOption=0;
		for (i=r.length-1; i > -1; i--) { 
			if (document.ugethelp.userTYPE[i].checked==true) {
				myOption = myOption+1;
			}
		}
		
		if (myOption == 0) {
			document.getElementById('u1alert').style.display='block';
			return false;
		}
		else{
			document.getElementById('u1alert').style.display='none';
		}
		
	}
	document.ugethelp.updte.value = 1;
	return true;
	
}