function validateStartDate( d, m, y ) {

	var now = new Date();
	var nowYear = now.getYear();
	var nowMonth = now.getMonth()+1;
	var nowDate = now.getDate();

	if ( y > nowYear ) return true;
	if ( y < nowYear ) return false;
	if ( m > nowMonth ) return true;
	if ( m < nowMonth ) return false;
	if ( d > nowDate ) return true;
	if ( d < nowDate ) return false;

	return true;	// must be todays date ( I think )
}

function disableJointLife( f )
{
	if( f.joint.options[1].selected )
	{
		f.genderPartner.disabled = true;
		f.dobYearPartner.disabled = true;
		f.dobMonthPartner.disabled = true;
		f.dobDayPartner.disabled = true;
		f.smokePartner.disabled = true;

		f.genderPartner.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.dobYearPartner.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.dobMonthPartner.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.dobDayPartner.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.smokePartner.options.selectedIndex = 0;
	}
	else
	{
		f.genderPartner.disabled = false;
		f.dobYearPartner.disabled = false;
		f.dobMonthPartner.disabled = false;
		f.dobDayPartner.disabled = false;
		f.smokePartner.disabled = false;
	}
}

function disableNamedDrivers( f, _selectValue )
{

	//document.TheForm.Life2Sex.options[0].text = "not required";

	// if you have not chosen, or if you are the only driver
	if( f.onlyDriver.options[0].selected || f.onlyDriver.options[1].selected )
	{
		f.namedDriver1.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverAge1.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverGender1.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverLicense1.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverOccupation1.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriver2.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverAge2.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverGender2.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverLicense2.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverOccupation2.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriver3.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverAge3.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverGender3.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverLicense3.disabled = true;
		f.namedDriverOccupation3.disabled = true;

		f.namedDriver1.checked = false;
		f.namedDriver2.checked = false;
		f.namedDriver3.checked = false;

		f.namedDriverAge1.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverGender1.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverLicense1.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverOccupation1.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverAge2.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverGender2.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverLicense2.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverOccupation2.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverAge3.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverGender3.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverLicense3.options.selectedIndex = 0;
		f.namedDriverOccupation3.options.selectedIndex = 0;
	}
	else
	{
		f.namedDriver1.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverAge1.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverGender1.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverLicense1.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverOccupation1.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriver2.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverAge2.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverGender2.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverLicense2.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverOccupation2.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriver3.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverAge3.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverGender3.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverLicense3.disabled = false;
		f.namedDriverOccupation3.disabled = false;
	}
}

function construction( _in ) {

	var _message = _in;

	if ( _in == "default" )
		_message = "This section of the site is not currently working.  Quotes for cars, motorcycles and commercial vehicles are working for this demo, as well as the contact and jobs pages.";
	
	alert( _message );
}

function isNumber( _input ) {
	
	var result = true;
	var l = _input.length;
	var i = 0;

	for ( i=0; i<l; i++ ) {
		var c = _input.substr(i,1);
		if ( isNaN( parseInt( c ) ) ) { result = false; }
	}

	return result;
}

function isEmail( _input ) {
	
	var err = "";
	var blankSpace = " ";
	var foundAt = false;
	var foundDot = false;

	var l = _input.length;
	var i = 0;

	if ( _input.length < 5 ) {
		err = "Please enter a valid email address.";
		return err;
	}

	for ( i=0; i<l; i++ ) {
		var c = _input.substr(i,1);

		if ( c == blankSpace ) { 
			err = "Email address cannot contain spaces."	
			result = false;
		}
		if ( c == "@" ) { foundAt = true; }
		if ( c == "." ) { foundDot = true; }
	}

	if ( foundAt == false ) { err = "Email address must contain an \'@\' symbol to be valid.";  }
	if ( foundDot == false ) { err = "Email address must contain a \'.\' symbol to be valid.";  }

	return err;
}

function MM_jumpMenu(targ,selObj,restore){ //v3.0
  eval(targ+".location='"+selObj.options[selObj.selectedIndex].value+"'");
  if (restore) selObj.selectedIndex=0;
}

function MM_swapImgRestore() { //v3.0
  var i,x,a=document.MM_sr; for(i=0;a&&i<a.length&&(x=a[i])&&x.oSrc;i++) x.src=x.oSrc;
}

function MM_preloadImages() { //v3.0
  var d=document; if(d.images){ if(!d.MM_p) d.MM_p=new Array();
    var i,j=d.MM_p.length,a=MM_preloadImages.arguments; for(i=0; i<a.length; i++)
    if (a[i].indexOf("#")!=0){ d.MM_p[j]=new Image; d.MM_p[j++].src=a[i];}}
}

function MM_findObj(n, d) { //v4.0
  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 && document.getElementById) x=document.getElementById(n); return x;
}

function MM_swapImage() { //v3.0
  var i,j=0,x,a=MM_swapImage.arguments; document.MM_sr=new Array; for(i=0;i<(a.length-2);i+=3)
   if ((x=MM_findObj(a[i]))!=null){document.MM_sr[j++]=x; if(!x.oSrc) x.oSrc=x.src; x.src=a[i+2];}
}

function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}