function validateForm(frm) 
	{
		// validate fields...
		
		if (frm.type.value == " ")
		{
			alert("Please select the category that best describes you.");
			frm.type.focus();
			return false;
		}
			
		if (frm.start.value == " ")
		{
			alert("Please select the project start date of your project.");
			frm.start.focus();
			return false;
		}
			
		if (frm.firstName.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your First Name.");
			frm.firstName.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.lastName.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your Last Name.");
			frm.lastName.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.addr1.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your Address.");
			frm.addr1.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.city.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your City.");
			frm.city.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.state.value == "")
			{
				alert("Please select your State.");
				frm.state.focus();
				return false;
			}
			
		if (frm.zip.value == "")
			{
				alert("Please enter your Zip/Postal Code.");
				frm.zip.focus();
				return false;
			}
	
		
		if (frm.telephone.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your Telephone number.");
			frm.telephone.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.text.value == "")
		{
			alert("Please enter your comments in the box provided.");
			frm.fax.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		return emailCheck(frm.sender.value);	
	}
	
	function emailCheck (emailStr) 
	{
		/* The following pattern is used to check if the entered e-mail address
	   fits the user@domain format.  It also is used to separate the username
	   from the domain. */
		var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/
		/* The following string represents the pattern for matching all special
		   characters.  We don't want to allow special characters in the address. 
		   These characters include ( ) < > @ , ; : \ " . [ ]    */
		var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]"
		/* The following string represents the range of characters allowed in a 
		   username or domainname.  It really states which chars aren't allowed. */
		var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]"
		/* The following pattern applies if the "user" is a quoted string (in
		   which case, there are no rules about which characters are allowed
		   and which aren't; anything goes).  E.g. "jiminy cricket"@disney.com
		   is a legal e-mail address. */
		var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")"
		/* The following pattern applies for domains that are IP addresses,
		   rather than symbolic names.  E.g. joe@[123.124.233.4] is a legal
		   e-mail address. NOTE: The square brackets are required. */
		var ipDomainPat=/^\[(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\.(\d{1,3})\]$/
		/* The following string represents an atom (basically a series of
		   non-special characters.) */
		var atom=validChars + '+'
		/* The following string represents one word in the typical username.
		   For example, in john.doe@somewhere.com, john and doe are words.
		   Basically, a word is either an atom or quoted string. */
		var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")"
		// The following pattern describes the structure of the user
		var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$")
		/* The following pattern describes the structure of a normal symbolic
		   domain, as opposed to ipDomainPat, shown above. */
		var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom +")*$")
		
		
		/* Finally, let's start trying to figure out if the supplied address is
		   valid. */
		
		/* Begin with the coarse pattern to simply break up user@domain into
		   different pieces that are easy to analyze. */
		var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat)
		if (matchArray==null) {
		  /* Too many/few @'s or something; basically, this address doesn't
		     even fit the general mould of a valid e-mail address. */
			alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
			return false
		}
		var user=matchArray[1]
		var domain=matchArray[2]
		
		// See if "user" is valid 
		if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
		    // user is not valid
		    alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
		    return false
		}
		
		/* if the e-mail address is at an IP address (as opposed to a symbolic
		   host name) make sure the IP address is valid. */
		var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
		if (IPArray!=null) {
		    // this is an IP address
			  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
			    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
			        alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
				return false
			    }
		    }
		    return true
		}
		
		// Domain is symbolic name
		var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
		if (domainArray==null) {
			alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
		    return false
		}
		
		/* domain name seems valid, but now make sure that it ends in a
		   three-letter word (like com, edu, gov) or a two-letter word,
		   representing country (uk, nl), and that there's a hostname preceding 
		   the domain or country. */
		
		/* Now we need to break up the domain to get a count of how many atoms
		   it consists of. */
		var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g")
		var domArr=domain.match(atomPat)
		var len=domArr.length
		if (domArr[domArr.length-1].length<2 || 
		    domArr[domArr.length-1].length>3) {
		   // the address must end in a two letter or three letter word.
		   alert("The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country.")
		   return false
		}
		
		// Make sure there's a host name preceding the domain.
		if (len<2) {
		   var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
		   alert(errStr)
		   return false
		}
		// If we've gotten this far, everything's valid!
		return true;
	}
	//  End -->