function showMessage(msg) {
   document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = msg;
   window.setTimeout(function() {
       document.getElementById('message').innerHTML = '';
   }, 8000);
}

function submit_form ( )
{
    showMessage ( "Application submitted! Please wait..." );
}

function checkNINO (toCheck) {

  var valid = false;
  var exp = /^[A-CEGHJ-NOPR-TW-Z]{1}[A-CEGHJ-NPR-TW-Z]{1}[0-9]{6}[ABCD\s]{1}/
  if (toCheck.match(exp)) {
    valid = true;
  }
  exp = /(^GB)|(^BG)|(^NK)|(^KN)|(^TN)|(^NT)|(^ZZ).+/
  if (toCheck.match(exp)) {
    valid = false;
  }
  
  // Return with the error status
  return valid;
}

function testNINO () {
  if (checkNINO (document.getElementById('_NationalID').value)) {
  // nat insurance is ok
  } 
  else {
    alert ("National Insurance Number INVALID! Must Be in correct format, in capitals and NO spaces!")
  };
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function YY_checkform() { //v4.71
//copyright (c)1998,2002 Yaromat.com  
var a=YY_checkform.arguments,oo=true,v='',s='',err=false,r,o,at,o1,t,i,j,ma,rx,cd,cm,cy,dte,at;
  for (i=1; i<a.length;i=i+4){
    if (a[i+1].charAt(0)=='#'){r=true; a[i+1]=a[i+1].substring(1);}else{r=false}
    o=MM_findObj(a[i].replace(/\[\d+\]/ig,""));
    o1=MM_findObj(a[i+1].replace(/\[\d+\]/ig,""));
    v=o.value;t=a[i+2];
    if (o.type=='text'||o.type=='password'||o.type=='hidden'){
      if (r&&v.length==0){err=true}
      if (v.length>0)
      if (t==1){ //fromto
        ma=a[i+1].split('_');if(isNaN(v)||v<ma[0]/1||v > ma[1]/1){err=true}
      } else if (t==2){
        rx=new RegExp("^[\\w\.=-]+@[\\w\\.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$");if(!rx.test(v))err=true;
      } else if (t==3){ // date
        ma=a[i+1].split("#");at=v.match(ma[0]);
        if(at){
          cd=(at[ma[1]])?at[ma[1]]:1;cm=at[ma[2]]-1;cy=at[ma[3]];
          dte=new Date(cy,cm,cd);
          if(dte.getFullYear()!=cy||dte.getDate()!=cd||dte.getMonth()!=cm){err=true};
        }else{err=true}
      } else if (t==4){ // time
        ma=a[i+1].split("#");at=v.match(ma[0]);if(!at){err=true}
      } else if (t==5){ // check this 2
            if(o1.length)o1=o1[a[i+1].replace(/(.*\[)|(\].*)/ig,"")];
            if(!o1.checked){err=true}
      } else if (t==6){ // the same
            if(v!=MM_findObj(a[i+1]).value){err=true}
      }
    } else
    if (!o.type&&o.length>0&&o[0].type=='radio'){
          at = a[i].match(/(.*)\[(\d+)\].*/i);
          o2=(o.length>1)?o[at[2]]:o;
      if (t==1&&o2&&o2.checked&&o1&&o1.value.length/1==0){err=true}
      if (t==2){
        oo=false;
        for(j=0;j<o.length;j++){oo=oo||o[j].checked}
        if(!oo){s+='* '+a[i+3]+'\n'}
      }
    } else if (o.type=='checkbox'){
      if((t==1&&o.checked==false)||(t==2&&o.checked&&o1&&o1.value.length/1==0)){err=true}
    } else if (o.type=='select-one'||o.type=='select-multiple'){
      if(t==1&&o.selectedIndex/1==0){err=true}
    }else if (o.type=='textarea'){
      if(v.length<a[i+1]){err=true}
    }
    if (err){s+='* '+a[i+3]+'\n';err=false}
  
}

  if (s!=''){alert('The required information is incomplete or contains errors:\t\t\t\t\t\n\n'+s)}
document.MM_returnValue = (s=='');

}

function testTelNumber () {
  var myTelNo = document.getElementById('_PhoneNumber').value;
  // If invalid number, report back error
  if (!checkUKTelephone (myTelNo)) {
     alert (telNumberErrors[telNumberErrorNo]);
  }
  // Otherwise redisplay telephone number on form in corrected format
  else {
     document.getElementById('_PhoneNumber').value =  checkUKTelephone (myTelNo);
     
  }
}

function testMobNumber () {
  var myTelNo = document.getElementById('_CellPhone').value;
  // If invalid number, report back error
  if (!checkUKTelephoneMob (myTelNo)) {
     alert (telNumberErrors[telNumberErrorNo]);
  }
  // Otherwise redisplay telephone number on form in corrected format
  else {
     document.getElementById('_CellPhone').value =  checkUKTelephoneMob (myTelNo);
     
  }
}

function removeSpaces(string) {
	var tstring = "";
	string = '' + string;
	splitstring = string.split(" ");
	for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
	tstring += splitstring[i];
	return tstring;
}


function postit(){ //check postcode format is valid
 test = document.mainForm._PostalCode.value; size = test.length
 test = test.toUpperCase(); //Change to uppercase
 while (test.slice(0,1) == " ") //Strip leading spaces
  {test = test.substr(1,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 while(test.slice(size-1,size)== " ") //Strip trailing spaces
  {test = test.substr(0,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 document.mainForm._PostalCode.value = test; //write back to form field
 if (size < 6 || size > 8){ //Code length rule
  alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - wrong length");
  document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
  return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(0)))){ //leftmost character must be alpha character rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - cannot start with a number");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (isNaN(test.charAt(size-3))){ //first character of inward code must be numeric rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - alpha character in wrong position");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-2)))){ //second character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-1)))){ //third character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(test.charAt(size-4) == " ")){//space in position length-3 rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - no space or space in wrong position");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
   }
 count1 = test.indexOf(" ");count2 = test.lastIndexOf(" ");
 if (count1 != count2){//only one space rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - only one space allowed");
   document.mainForm._PostalCode.focus();
   return false;
  }

return true;
}
//  End -->
function postit2(){ //check prev postcode 
 test = document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.value; size = test.length
 test = test.toUpperCase(); //Change to uppercase
 while (test.slice(0,1) == " ") //Strip leading spaces
  {test = test.substr(1,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 while(test.slice(size-1,size)== " ") //Strip trailing spaces
  {test = test.substr(0,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.value = test; //write back to form field
 if (size < 6 || size > 8){ //Code length rule
  alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - wrong length");
  document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
  return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(0)))){ //leftmost character must be alpha character rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - cannot start with a number");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (isNaN(test.charAt(size-3))){ //first character of inward code must be numeric rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - alpha character in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-2)))){ //second character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-1)))){ //third character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(test.charAt(size-4) == " ")){//space in position length-3 rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - no space or space in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
   }
 count1 = test.indexOf(" ");count2 = test.lastIndexOf(" ");
 if (count1 != count2){//only one space rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - only one space allowed");
   document.mainForm.txtPrePostcode1.focus();
   return false;
  }

return true;
}
//  End -->
function postit3(){ //check emp postcode format is valid
 test = document.mainForm.employerspostcode.value; size = test.length
 test = test.toUpperCase(); //Change to uppercase
 while (test.slice(0,1) == " ") //Strip leading spaces
  {test = test.substr(1,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 while(test.slice(size-1,size)== " ") //Strip trailing spaces
  {test = test.substr(0,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 document.mainForm.employerspostcode.value = test; //write back to form field
 if (size < 6 || size > 8){ //Code length rule
  alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - wrong length");
  document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
  return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(0)))){ //leftmost character must be alpha character rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - cannot start with a number");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (isNaN(test.charAt(size-3))){ //first character of inward code must be numeric rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - alpha character in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-2)))){ //second character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-1)))){ //third character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(test.charAt(size-4) == " ")){//space in position length-3 rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - no space or space in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
   }
 count1 = test.indexOf(" ");count2 = test.lastIndexOf(" ");
 if (count1 != count2){//only one space rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - only one space allowed");
   document.mainForm.employerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }

return true;
}
//  End -->
function postit4(){ //check prev emp postcode format is valid
 test = document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.value; size = test.length
 test = test.toUpperCase(); //Change to uppercase
 while (test.slice(0,1) == " ") //Strip leading spaces
  {test = test.substr(1,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 while(test.slice(size-1,size)== " ") //Strip trailing spaces
  {test = test.substr(0,size-1);size = test.length
  }
 document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.value = test; //write back to form field
 if (size < 6 || size > 8){ //Code length rule
  alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - wrong length");
  document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
  return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(0)))){ //leftmost character must be alpha character rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - cannot start with a number");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (isNaN(test.charAt(size-3))){ //first character of inward code must be numeric rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - alpha character in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-2)))){ //second character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(isNaN(test.charAt(size-1)))){ //third character of inward code must be alpha rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - number in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }
 if (!(test.charAt(size-4) == " ")){//space in position length-3 rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - no space or space in wrong position");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
   }
 count1 = test.indexOf(" ");count2 = test.lastIndexOf(" ");
 if (count1 != count2){//only one space rule
   alert(test + " is not a valid postcode - only one space allowed");
   document.mainForm.preemployerspostcode.focus();
   return false;
  }

return true;
}
//  End -->

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.01
  var p,i,x;  if(!d) d=document; if((p=n.indexOf("?"))>0&&parent.frames.length) {
    d=parent.frames[n.substring(p+1)].document; n=n.substring(0,p);}
  if(!(x=d[n])&&d.all) x=d.all[n]; for (i=0;!x&&i<d.forms.length;i++) x=d.forms[i][n];
  for(i=0;!x&&d.layers&&i<d.layers.length;i++) x=MM_findObj(n,d.layers[i].document);
  if(!x && d.getElementById) x=d.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function YY_checkform() { //v4.71
//copyright (c)1998,2002 Yaromat.com
  var a=YY_checkform.arguments,oo=true,v='',s='',err=false,r,o,at,o1,t,i,j,ma,rx,cd,cm,cy,dte,at;
  for (i=1; i<a.length;i=i+4){
    if (a[i+1].charAt(0)=='#'){r=true; a[i+1]=a[i+1].substring(1);}else{r=false}
    o=MM_findObj(a[i].replace(/\[\d+\]/ig,""));
    o1=MM_findObj(a[i+1].replace(/\[\d+\]/ig,""));
    v=o.value;t=a[i+2];
    if (o.type=='text'||o.type=='password'||o.type=='hidden'){
      if (r&&v.length==0){err=true}
      if (v.length>0)
      if (t==1){ //fromto
        ma=a[i+1].split('_');if(isNaN(v)||v<ma[0]/1||v > ma[1]/1){err=true}
      } else if (t==2){
        rx=new RegExp("^[\\w\.=-]+@[\\w\\.-]+\\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$");if(!rx.test(v))err=true;
      } else if (t==3){ // date
        ma=a[i+1].split("#");at=v.match(ma[0]);
        if(at){
          cd=(at[ma[1]])?at[ma[1]]:1;cm=at[ma[2]]-1;cy=at[ma[3]];
          dte=new Date(cy,cm,cd);
          if(dte.getFullYear()!=cy||dte.getDate()!=cd||dte.getMonth()!=cm){err=true};
        }else{err=true}
      } else if (t==4){ // time
        ma=a[i+1].split("#");at=v.match(ma[0]);if(!at){err=true}
      } else if (t==5){ // check this 2
            if(o1.length)o1=o1[a[i+1].replace(/(.*\[)|(\].*)/ig,"")];
            if(!o1.checked){err=true}
      } else if (t==6){ // the same
            if(v!=MM_findObj(a[i+1]).value){err=true}
      }
    } else
    if (!o.type&&o.length>0&&o[0].type=='radio'){
          at = a[i].match(/(.*)\[(\d+)\].*/i);
          o2=(o.length>1)?o[at[2]]:o;
      if (t==1&&o2&&o2.checked&&o1&&o1.value.length/1==0){err=true}
      if (t==2){
        oo=false;
        for(j=0;j<o.length;j++){oo=oo||o[j].checked}
        if(!oo){s+='* '+a[i+3]+'\n'}
      }
    } else if (o.type=='checkbox'){
      if((t==1&&o.checked==false)||(t==2&&o.checked&&o1&&o1.value.length/1==0)){err=true}
    } else if (o.type=='select-one'||o.type=='select-multiple'){
      if(t==1&&o.selectedIndex/1==0){err=true}
    }else if (o.type=='textarea'){
      if(v.length<a[i+1]){err=true}
    }
    if (err){s+='* '+a[i+3]+'\n'; err=false}
  }
  if (s!=''){alert('The required information is incomplete or contains errors:\t\t\t\t\t\n\n'+s)}
  document.MM_returnValue = (s=='');
}

function checkUKTelephone (telephoneNumber) {

  // Convert into a string and check that we were provided with something
  var telnum = telephoneNumber + " ";
  if (telnum.length == 1)  {
     telNumberErrorNo = 1;
     return false
  }
  telnum.length = telnum.length - 1;
  
  // Don't allow country codes to be included (assumes a leading "+")
  var exp = /^(\+)[\s]*(.*)$/;
  if (exp.test(telnum) == true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 2;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Remove spaces from the telephone number to help validation
  while (telnum.indexOf(" ")!= -1)  {
    telnum = telnum.slice (0,telnum.indexOf(" ")) + telnum.slice (telnum.indexOf(" ")+1)
  }
  
  // Remove hyphens from the telephone number to help validation
  while (telnum.indexOf("-")!= -1)  {
    telnum = telnum.slice (0,telnum.indexOf("-")) + telnum.slice (telnum.indexOf("-")+1)
  }  
  
  // Now check that all the characters are digits
  exp = /^[0-9]{10,11}$/
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 3;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Now check that the first digit is 0
  exp = /^0[0-9]{9,10}$/
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 4;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Finally check that the telephone number is appropriate.
  exp = /^(01|02|03|05|070|071|072|073|074|075|07624|077|078|079)[0-9]+$/;
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 5;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Telephone number seems to be valid - return the stripped telehone number  
  return telnum;
}
var telNumberErrorNo = 0;
var telNumberErrors = new Array ();
telNumberErrors[0] = "Valid UK telephone number";
telNumberErrors[1] = "Telephone number not provided";
telNumberErrors[2] = "UK telephone number without the country code, please";
telNumberErrors[3] = "UK telephone numbers should contain 11 digits";
telNumberErrors[4] = "Telephone no. should start with 0 and contain 11 digits";
telNumberErrors[5] = "The telephone number is either invalid or inappropriate";

// mobile number checker


function checkUKTelephoneMob (telephoneNumber) {

  // Convert into a string and check that we were provided with something
  var telnum = telephoneNumber + " ";
  if (telnum.length == 1)  {
     telNumberErrorNo = 1;
     return false
  }
  telnum.length = telnum.length - 1;
  
  // Don't allow country codes to be included (assumes a leading "+")
  var exp = /^(\+)[\s]*(.*)$/;
  if (exp.test(telnum) == true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 2;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Remove spaces from the telephone number to help validation
  while (telnum.indexOf(" ")!= -1)  {
    telnum = telnum.slice (0,telnum.indexOf(" ")) + telnum.slice (telnum.indexOf(" ")+1)
  }
  
  // Remove hyphens from the telephone number to help validation
  while (telnum.indexOf("-")!= -1)  {
    telnum = telnum.slice (0,telnum.indexOf("-")) + telnum.slice (telnum.indexOf("-")+1)
  }  
  
  // Now check that all the characters are digits
  exp = /^[0-9]{10,11}$/
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 3;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Now check that the first digit is 0
  exp = /^07[0-9]{9,10}$/
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 4;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Finally check that the telephone number is appropriate.
  exp = /^(01|02|03|05|070|071|072|073|074|075|07624|077|078|079)[0-9]+$/;
  if (exp.test(telnum) != true) {
     telNumberErrorNo = 5;
     return false;
  }
  
  // Telephone number seems to be valid - return the stripped telehone number  
  return telnum;
}
var telNumberErrorNo = 0;
var telNumberErrors = new Array ();
telNumberErrors[0] = "Valid UK telephone number";
telNumberErrors[1] = "Telephone number not provided";
telNumberErrors[2] = "UK telephone number without the country code, please";
telNumberErrors[3] = "UK telephone numbers should contain 11 digits";
telNumberErrors[4] = "Mobile numbers start with 07 and contain 11 digits";
telNumberErrors[5] = "The telephone number is either invalid or inappropriate";