function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
// set time, it's in milliseconds
var today = new Date();
today.setTime( today.getTime() );

/*
if the expires variable is set, make the correct
expires time, the current script below will set
it for x number of days, to make it for hours,
delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24
*/
if ( expires )
{
expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) +
( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) +
( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) +
( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

function getCookie(c_name)
{
if (document.cookie.length>0)
  {
  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
  if (c_start!=-1)
    { 
    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1; 
    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
    } 
  }
return "";
}

function setCookie(NameOfCookie, value, expiredays) 
{

var ExpireDate = new Date ();
 ExpireDate.setTime(ExpireDate.getTime() + (expiredays * 24 * 3600 * 1000));

document.cookie = NameOfCookie + "=" + escape(value) + 
((expiredays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + ExpireDate.toGMTString());
}

function replaceSubString( originalString , searchForString , replaceWithString )
{
var objRegExp = eval( "/" + searchForString + "/g" );
return ( originalString.replace( objRegExp , replaceWithString ) );
}

function unsave()
{
Set_Cookie("AlumniName",'',1,'/');
}


function save()
{
Set_Cookie("AlumniName",document.forms[0].Name.value,1,'/');
Set_Cookie("AlumniPassword",document.forms[0].Password.value,1,'/');
Set_Cookie("AlumniRefresh","Refresh",1,'/');
document.forms[0].submit()
}

function SaveReg()
{
document.forms[0].submit()
}


function SavePerson() {
  var form = document.forms[0];
  if (form.Password.value == form.InitPassword.value) {
      alert("Sorry, you must change your Password before you can continue");
      return;
     };
  if (form.Email.value == "") {
      alert("Please enter your Email information prior to submitting.");
      return;
      };
  if (form.Password.value == "") {
      alert("Please enter a Password prior to submitting.");
      return;
      };
  if (form.Name.value == "") {
      alert("Please enter your Last Name prior to submitting.");
      return;
      };
  if (parent.failNull (form.FirstName, 'Please enter your First Name prior to submitting.','text')) {return};

  Set_Cookie("AlumniName",form.Name.value +" "+form.FirstName.value,1,'/');
  Set_Cookie("AlumniPassword",form.Password.value,1,'/');
  Set_Cookie("AlumniRefresh","Refresh",1,'/');
 form.submit();
}

// ---------------------------------------------
// --- Field Validation                       --
// ---------------------------------------------

function failNull ( vField, vMessage, vType) { 

//this function will stop the submit if a field is null or contains all spaces 

//get the field value...
theValue = getFieldValue (vField, vType); 

//if the field value is null, we fail and return true...
if ( theValue == "" ) { 

   alertBox ( vField, vMessage, vType ); 

return ( true ); 

} 

//remove any spaces from the value 

trimField = trimBlanks( theValue ); 

//if the field value is all spaces, fail and return true...
if ( trimField =="" ) { 

   alertBox ( vField, vMessage, vType ); 

return ( true ); 

} 

//otherwise continue... 

return ( false ); 

}

function getFieldValue ( theField, vType ) { 

//this function will return the field value (or value list) based on the element type 

theValue = ""; 
sep = ""; 
hits = 0; 

//text is the user-entered value as a string
if ( vType == "text" ) return ( theField.value ); 

//textarea is the user-entered value as a string array of one element
if ( vType == "textarea" ) return ( theField[0].value ); 

//checkboxes & radio buttons are not so simple
if ( vType == "checkbox" || vType == "radio" ) { 

if ( theField.value == null ) { 

//if we're here, we are validating a radio button or a nn multi-element checkbox 

for ( i = 0; i < theField.length; i++ ) { 
if ( theField[i].checked ) { 
hits++; 
if ( hits > 1 ) {
sep = "; ";
} 
theValue += sep + theField[i].value; 
} 
}
} 
return ( theValue );

} else { 

//if we are here, must be an ie checkbox, or nn with a one-element checkbox) 

if ( navigator.appName == "Microsoft Internet Explorer" ) { 

//ie. return some data so we can validate on the server; 
return ("can't validate on client")
} 

//nn one-element checkbox, see if its checked ...
if (theField.checked ) { 
return ( theField.value ); 

} else {
return ( "" ); 
} 
} 

//select is an array of selection pointers to an array of strings representing the choices
if ( vType == "select" ) { 

for ( i = 0; i < theField.options.length; i++ ) {
if ( theField.options[i].selected ) theValue += theField.options[i].text 
} 
return ( theValue );
}
}

 function trimBlanks ( theString, repChar ) { 

//this function replaces the spaces in a string with the provided character 

trimString=""; 

for ( i = 0; i < theString.length; i++) {
theChar=theString.substring ( i, i+1);
if ( theChar == " ") { 

trimString += repChar 

} else { 

trimString+=theString.substring ( i, i+1); 

}
}
return (trimString);
}

function alertBox (vField, vMessage, vType ) { 

//this function replaces the spaces in a string with the provided character 

//if we pass a null message, we are doing a multiple validation test. return so we can check other conditions.
if ( vMessage == "null" ) return; 

//otherwise, display the error message
alert ( "Field Contains Incorrect Value:\n\n" + vMessage ) 

//and set focus (plus select the text if a text element) 
if ( vType == "text" ) { 

vField.focus(); 

vField.select(); 

} else { 

vField.focus(); 

} 

return; 

}