//For Selecting/ deselecting check boxed
	function selectDeselect(field, isCheck) {
		var boxes = document.getElementsByName(field);
		var boxes_checked = anyChecked();
	
		if(isCheck){
			if(document.getElementsByName(isCheck)[0].checked) setChecks(true);
			else setChecks(false);			
		}else{
			if(!boxes_checked) setChecks(true);
			else setChecks(false);
		}
	
		function setChecks( setting ) {
			for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
				boxes[ i ].checked = setting;
			}
		}
		function anyChecked() {
			for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
				if( boxes[i].checked == true) {
					return (true);
				} 
			}
			return (false);
		}
	}

	//To check wheather user have selected box or not
	function anyChecked() {
		for( var i=0; i < boxes.length; i++ ) {
			if( boxes[i].checked == true) {
				return (true);
			} 
		}
		return (false);
	}


	//For checking Null values
	function isNull(aStr)
	{
		var index;		
		for (index=0; index < aStr.length; index++)
			if (aStr.charAt(index) != ' ')
				return false;
		return true;
	}
	
	//For checking invalid E-Mail address

	function isEmail(aStr){
		var reEmail=/^[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\@[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+\.[0-9a-zA-Z_\.-]+$/;
		if(!reEmail.test(aStr))
		{
			return false;
		}
		return true;
	}
	
	//Removing the newline character
	function countChars(str){
		var reg = new RegExp("[\f\n\r\v]*","g");
		str = str.replace(reg,"");
		return str.length;   
	}

	//checking if field is empty
	function isEmpty(val)
	{   
		for(var i=0;i<val.length;i++)
		{
			if(val.charAt(i) != ' ')
			{
				return false;
			}
		}
		return true;
	}