function trim(inputstringTrim) {
  fixedTrim = "";
  lastCh = " ";
  for (x = 0; x < inputstringTrim.length; x++) {
     ch = inputstringTrim.charAt(x);
     if ((ch != " ") || (lastCh != " ")) { fixedTrim +=
                                          ch; }
     lastCh = ch;
}
  if (fixedTrim.charAt(fixedTrim.length - 1) == " ") {
     fixedTrim = fixedTrim.substring(0, fixedTrim.length -
                                     1); }
  return fixedTrim;
}
function replaceSubstring (inputString, badString,
                          goodString, caseSensitive) {
  fixedReplace = "";
  UI = inputString;
  UB = badString;
  if ((caseSensitive != 1) && (caseSensitive != true)) {
  UI = inputString.toUpperCase();
     UB = badString.toUpperCase();
     }
  badEnd = -1;
  badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB);
  if (badLoc != -1) {
     for (x=1; (badLoc != -1); x++) {
        fixedReplace = fixedReplace + 
                       inputString.substring((badEnd +
                       1), badLoc) + goodString
        badEnd = badLoc + UB.length - 1;
        badLoc = UI.indexOf(UB, (badLoc + 1)); }
     fixedReplace = fixedReplace + 
                    inputString.substring((badEnd + 1),
                    inputString.length); }
     else { fixedReplace = inputString;    }
return fixedReplace;
}
// instead of inStr, you could always just use the appropriate method in the String class, but this is provided anyway
function inStr(beginning, word1, word2) {
check1 = new String(word2);
returnInStr = word1.indexOf(word2, (beginning - 1)) + 1;
return returnInStr; 
}
function mid(inputMid, pos, l) {
pos = pos - 1;
if ((pos < inputMid.length) && ((pos + l) <=
    inputMid.length)) {
  returnMid = inputMid.substring(pos, pos + l); }
else { returnMid = "";  }
return returnMid;
}
function checkListFields(frmCurrent, astrKeyword_Fields, astrKeyword_Fields_Desc) {
	// checks to make sure that any list fields (comboboxes, dialog lists, etc.) don't have the default list value chosen as it's value
	var strCheckChar = frmCurrent.txtDefaultListValue.value.charAt(0);
	
	for (var intIndex = 0; intIndex < astrKeyword_Fields.length; intIndex++) {
		if (frmCurrent.elements[astrKeyword_Fields[intIndex]].options[frmCurrent.elements[astrKeyword_Fields[intIndex]].selectedIndex].text.charAt(0) == strCheckChar) {
			frmCurrent.elements[astrKeyword_Fields[intIndex]].focus();
			alert("Please choose a valid value for " + astrKeyword_Fields_Desc[intIndex]);
			return false;
		}
	}
	return true;
}
function properCase(inputstring) {
  u = inputstring.toUpperCase();
  specialChars = " ~`@#$%^&*()_-+={}[]|\\:;\"'<>,.?/1234567890";
  fixedProperCase = "";
  twoPast = " ";
     lastChar = " ";
  for (place=0; place < inputstring.length; place++) {
     currchar = u.charAt(place);      
     if (specialChars.indexOf(lastChar) != -1) {
        if ((lastChar == "\'") && (twoPast != "D")) {
           currchar = currchar.toLowerCase(); } }
     else { currchar = currchar.toLowerCase(); }
     fixedProperCase += currchar;
     twoPast = lastChar;
     lastChar = currchar;
  }   
     fixedProperCase = trim(fixedProperCase);
  return fixedProperCase;
}