function ValidatorTrim(s) {
    var m = s.match(/^\s*(\S+(\s+\S+)*)\s*$/);
    return (m == null) ? "" : m[1];
}

var dtCh= "/";
var minYear=01;
var maxYear=99;
function isInteger(s){
	var i;
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){   
        // Check that current character is number.
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (((c < "0") || (c > "9"))) return false;
    }
    // All characters are numbers.
    return true;
}

function stripCharsInBag(s, bag){
	var i;
    var returnString = "";
    // Search through string's characters one by one.
    // If character is not in bag, append to returnString.
    for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++){
        var c = s.charAt(i);
        if (bag.indexOf(c) == -1) returnString += c;
    }
    return returnString;
}

function checklength(obj,len)
{
	var temp = obj.value;
	if(temp.length < len)
		return false;
	return true;
}
function checkEmail(strng)
{
	var error = "";
	if (strng == "")
		{
		error = "You did not enter an email-address.\n";
		}
	var emailFilter=/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/;
	if (!(emailFilter.test(strng))) 
		{ 
		error = "Please enter a valid email address.\n";
		}
	var illegalChars= /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\"\[\]]/;
	if(strng.match(illegalChars))
		{
		error = "The email address contains illegal characters.\n";
		}
	return error;
}
function checkEmailX(strng,fieldcaption)
{
	var error = "";
	if (strng == "")
		{
		error = "You did not enter an "+fieldcaption+".\n";
		}
	var emailFilter=/^.+@.+\..{2,4}$/;
	if (!(emailFilter.test(strng))) 
		{ 
		error = "Please enter a valid "+fieldcaption+".\n";
		}
	var illegalChars= /[\(\)\<\>\,\;\:\\\/\"\[\]]/;
	if(strng.match(illegalChars))
		{
		error = "The "+fieldcaption+" contains illegal characters.\n";
		}
	return error;
}

//Link Rollover starts here
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];}
}
//link rollover ends here

//pre load images scrip starts here
var myimages=new Array()
function preloadimages()
{
	for (i=0;i<preloadimages.arguments.length;i++)
	{
		myimages[i]=new Image()
		myimages[i].src=preloadimages.arguments[i]
	}
}
function alwaysontop()
{
	window.focus();
}
function tellothers(url)
{
	window.open(url,'popuptellothers','height=540,width=362,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,top=50,left=100,resizable=no');
}
function emailtoacolleague(title,id,url,vtitle)
{
	var strurl = url+'lslemailtoacolleague.php';
	if(typeof(title)!="undefined")
		strurl = strurl + "?title="+escape(title);
  	if(typeof(url)!="undefined")
		strurl = strurl + "&articleid=" + escape(id);
	if(typeof(vtitle)!="undefined" && vtitle != "")
		strurl = strurl + "&videotitle=" + escape(vtitle);
	
	window.open(strurl,'emailtoacolleague','height=500,width=360,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,top=50,left=100,resizable=no');
}
function consolidation(url)
{
	OpenWin = this.open(url, "consolidationreport", "toolbar=no,menubar=no,location=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=280,height=200,top=300,left=300");
}
function promotion(url)
	{
		window.open(url,'promotion','height=440,width=500,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=100,left=150,resizable=no');
	}
	
//FOR FEDERAL EXIT
function show_too_busy()
{
	return overlib(loan,
	 STICKY, CAPTION,' ', CAPTIONPADDING,4, TEXTPADDING,8,
	 CGCLASS,'olcg', FGCLASS,'olfg', CAPTIONFONTCLASS,'olcap', TEXTFONTCLASS,'oltxt',
	 CLOSETEXT,myClose, CLOSECLICK, MIDX,0, MIDY,0, WRAP, BASE,3, SCROLL,
	 DRAGGABLE, SHADOW, SHADOWX,-1, SHADOWY,-1,
	 STATUS,'STICKY popup with link and secondary popup and FILTER for IE v5.5+',
	 FILTER);
}
function callback(url)
	{
		window.open(url+"lslcallback.php",'consolidationreport','height=340,width=300,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,top=180,left=250,resizable=no');
	}
    
function ebookpopup(url)
	{
		window.open(url+"lslebook_popup.php",'lslebook','height=280,width=350,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,top=150,left=250,resizable=no');
	}
function popup_ipod(url)
{
	window.open(url+"popup_ipod.php",'ipod','height=613,width=748,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=50,left=100,resizable=no');
}
function popup_prius(url)
{
	window.open(url+"popup_prius.php",'prius','height=612,width=748,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=50,left=100,resizable=no');
}
function popup_london(url)
{
	window.open(url+"popup_london.php",'london','height=612,width=748,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=50,left=100,resizable=no');
}
function popup_rules(url)
{
	window.open(url+"popup_rules.php",'rules','height=525,width=748,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=110,left=175,resizable=no');
}
	
function checkalphanumeric(alphane)
{
	var str = alphane;
	for(var j=0; j<str.length; j++)
	{
		var alphaa = str.charAt(j);
		var chrcode = alphaa.charCodeAt(0);
		if((chrcode > 47 && chrcode<59) || (chrcode > 64 && chrcode<91) || (chrcode > 96 && chrcode<123) || chrcode==95)
		{
		}
		else
		{
			return false;
		}
	}
	return true;
}
function checkNumeric(strng,errmsgfield) {
	var error = "";
	var illegalChars = /\D/;
	if (illegalChars.test(strng)) {
	   	error = errmsgfield+" is invalid.\n";
	}
	return error;
}

// Zlayer function and no credit variable.
var nocredit='<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="400" border="0"><tr>'
		+ '<td width="400" class="textsize3g" align="center"><font style="font-family: georgia, verdana, arial; font-size:18px; color:#FFFFFF;"><b>'
		+ 'WE WILL NOT RUN YOUR CREDIT.</b></font></td></tr>'
		+ '<tr><td height="15"></td></tr><tr><td class="textsize2g"><font style="font-family: georgia, verdana, arial; font-size:15px; color:#FFFFFF;">'
		+ 'We have the ability to immediately access your '
		+ 'federal student loan balances in the government student loan database to '
		+ 'see if you qualify for a Federal Consolidation Loan. Because we are '
		+ 'accessing a federal borrower database and not your credit report, no '
		+ 'inquiry will appear on your credit report, and we will not see anything '
		+ 'other than information pertaining to your federal loans.<br><br></font></td>'
		+ '</tr> </table>';	
		
		function show_zlayer(text,MID_X,MID_Y)
		{
			MIDX_VALUE = MID_X;
			MIDY_VALUE = MID_Y;
			overlib(text,
					 STICKY, CAPTION,' ', CAPTIONPADDING,4, TEXTPADDING,8,
					 CGCLASS,'olcg', FGCLASS,'olfg', CAPTIONFONTCLASS,'olcap', TEXTFONTCLASS,'oltxt',
					 CLOSETEXT,myClose, CLOSECLICK, CENTER, ABOVE, MIDX,MIDX_VALUE, MIDY,MIDY_VALUE, WRAP, BASE,3, SCROLL,
					 DRAGGABLE, SHADOW, SHADOWX,-1, SHADOWY,-1, FILTER, HIDEBYIDALL,'flashDiv',
					 STATUS,'STICKY popup with link and secondary popup and FILTER for IE v5.5+');
		}
		
		
/* popup*/	
function NewWindow(mypage, myname, w, h, scroll) {
	var winl = (screen.width - w) / 2;
	var wint = (screen.height - h) / 2;
	winprops = 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+',scrollbars='+scroll+',resizable'
	win = window.open(mypage, myname, winprops)
	if (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) >= 4) { win.window.focus(); }
}	

// flash banners

function virtualgirl()
{
   document.write('<OBJECT CLASSID="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" CODEBASE="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" HEIGHT="425" WIDTH="250" ID="Flash1">');
   document.write('<PARAM NAME="Movie" VALUE="http://www.mvsp.biz/law/mvsp1b.swf">');
   document.write('<PARAM NAME="Quality" VALUE="High"><PARAM NAME="Loop" VALUE="0"><PARAM NAME="Play" VALUE="1">');
   document.write('<PARAM NAME="Scale" VALUE="ShowAll"><PARAM NAME="Menu" VALUE="False"><PARAM NAME="SAlign" VALUE="L"><PARAM NAME="KeyColor" VALUE="FFFFFF">');
   document.write('<EMBED ID="Flash1" SRC="http://www.mvsp.biz/law/mvsp1b.swf" HEIGHT=425 WIDTH=250 PALETTE=BACKGROUND Quality=High Loop=FALSE Play=TRUE Scale=ShowAll SAlign=L ALT="" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer/" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash">');
   document.write('</OBJECT>');
}

function phone()
{
   document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="204" height="78" id="phone" align="middle">');
   document.write('<param name="movie" value="images/phone.swf">');
   document.write('<param name="quality" value="high">');
   document.write('<embed src="images/phone.swf" quality="high" width="204" height="78" name="phone" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">');
   document.write('</object>');
}

function starthere_home()
{
   document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" width="203" height="100" id="final2" align="middle">');
   document.write('<param name="movie" value="images/btstarthere_home.swf">');
   document.write('<param name="quality" value="high">');
   document.write('<embed src="images/btstarthere_home.swf" quality="high" width="203" height="100" name="final2" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">');
   document.write('</OBJECT>');
}

function flashshow_home()
{
   document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH="289" HEIGHT="267"><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="images/flashshow_home.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><EMBED src="images/flashshow_home.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"  WIDTH="289" HEIGHT="267" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>');
}

function starthere_rightside()
{
   document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH="287" HEIGHT="100"><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.lawschoolloans.com/images/btstarthere.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><EMBED src="http://www.lawschoolloans.com/images/btstarthere.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"  WIDTH="287" HEIGHT="100" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>');
}
function starthere_privateapplication_rightside()
{
	document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH="287" HEIGHT="100"><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.lawschoolloans.com/images/btnstart_private.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><param name="wmode" value="opaque"><EMBED src="http://www.lawschoolloans.com/images/btnstart_private.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"  WIDTH="287" HEIGHT="100" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>');
}
function lslrbanner()
{
   document.write('<OBJECT classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=5,0,0,0" WIDTH="289" HEIGHT="145"><PARAM NAME="movie" VALUE="http://www.lawschoolloanreport.org/images/banner/lslrbanner_289x145.swf"><PARAM NAME="quality" VALUE="high"><EMBED src="http://www.lawschoolloanreport.org/images/banner/lslrbanner_289x145.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"  WIDTH="289" HEIGHT="145" TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash" PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></EMBED></OBJECT>');
}

function applynow_rightside()
{
   document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"  width="95" height="33" id="final2" align="middle">');
   document.write('<param name="movie" value="images/btnapplynow.swf">');
   document.write('<param name="quality" value="high"><param name="wmode" value="transparent">');
   document.write('<embed src="images/lsl_homebutton.swf" quality="high" width="95" height="33" name="final2" wmode="transparent" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"  pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">');
   document.write('</OBJECT>');
}
function guaranteed(path)
{
  document.write('<object data="'+path+'images/banners/guaranteed_288x100.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="288" height="100"><param name="MOVIE" value="'+path+'images/banners/guaranteed_288x100.swf"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></object>');
}
function guaranteedbenefits(){
		var path="http://www.lawschoolloans.com/";
		window.open(path+'lslguarantedbenefits.php','','height=540,width=410,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=40,left=80,resizable=no');
}
function topbanner(path)
{
	document.write('<object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" width="742" height="100"><param name="movie" value="'+path+'images/banners/banner_lsl1_742x100.swf"><param name="quality" value="high"><embed src="'+path+'images/banners/banner_lsl1_742x100.swf" quality="high" width="742" height="100" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="https://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"></embed></object>');
}
function quicktour(url)
{
	window.open(url+'quicktour/intro.php','quicktour','height=750,width=595,toolbar=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,top=20,left=250,resizable=no');
}
function qtsignup()
{
	window.open("https://www.lawschoolloans.com/lslsignup.php?src=applyhere","","");
	window.close();
}