// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Generic Form Validation
//
// Copyright (C) 2000 Jacob Hage - [jacobhage@hotmail.com]
// Distributed under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Initializing script  - setting global variables
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
var checkObjects		= new Array(); 	// Array containing the objects to validate.
var errors				= ""; 			// Variable holding the error message.
var returnVal			= false; 		// General return value. The validated form will only be submitted if true.
var language			= new Array(); 	// Language independent error messages!
var selectecLanguage	= "italian";	// Choose between "english", "italian", "dutch", "french"
language.english		= new Array();
language.danish			= new Array();
language.dutch			= new Array();
language.french			= new Array();
language.italian		= new Array();


// Error messages in english:
	language.english.header		= "The following error(s) occured:"
	language.english.start		= "->";
	language.english.field		= " Field ";
	language.english.require	= " is required";
	language.english.min		= " and must consist of at least ";
	language.english.max		= " and must not contain more than ";
	language.english.minmax		= " and no more than ";
	language.english.chars		= " characters";
	language.english.num		= " and must contain a number";
	language.english.email		= " must contain a valid e-mail address";
	
// Error messages in Danish:
	language.danish.header		= "Der opstod f\370lgende fejl:";
	language.danish.start		= "->";
	language.danish.field		= " Feltet ";
	language.danish.require		= " skal udfyldes";
	language.danish.min			= " og skal best\345 af mindst ";
	language.danish.max			= " og m\345 ikke best\345 af flere end ";
	language.danish.minmax		= " og ikke flere " // English: " and no more than ";
	language.danish.chars		= " tegn";
	language.danish.num			= " og m\345 kun best\345 af tal";
	language.danish.email		= " skal indeholde en korrekt e-mail addresse";
	
// Error messages in Dutch: 
	language.dutch.header		= "De volgende fout(en) zitten in het formulier:"
	language.dutch.start		= "->";
	language.dutch.field		= " Veld ";
	language.dutch.require		= " is verplicht";
	language.dutch.min			= " en moet bestaan uit minstens";
	language.dutch.max			= " en moet bestaan uit meer dan";
	language.dutch.minmax		= " en niet meer dan";
	language.dutch.chars		= " karakters";
	language.dutch.num			= " en moet een nummer zijn";
	language.dutch.email		= " moet een geldig e-mail adres zijn.";

// Error messages in French: 
	language.french.header		= "L'erreur suivante s'est produite: "
	language.french.start		= "->";
	language.french.field		= " Le champs ";
	language.french.require		= " est obligatoire";
	language.french.min			= " et doit contenir au moins ";
	language.french.max			= " et ne doit pas contenir plus de ";
	language.french.minmax		= " et pas plus de ";
	language.french.chars		= " caract\350res";
	language.french.num			= " et doit contenir un nombre ";
	language.french.email		= " doit contenir une adresse e-mail valide";

// Error messages in Italian: 
	language.italian.header		= "E' stato riscontrato il seguente errore:"
	language.italian.start		= "->";
	language.italian.field		= " Il campo ";
	language.italian.require	= " č obligatorio";
	language.italian.min		= " e deve contenere almeno ";
	language.italian.max		= " e non deve contenere pių di ";
	language.italian.minmax		= " e non pių di ";
	language.italian.chars		= " caratteri";
	language.italian.num		= " e deve contenere un numero";
	language.italian.email		= " deve contenere un indirizzo valido di E-mail";
	


// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// define - Call this function in the beginning of the page. I.e. onLoad.
//
// n = name of the input field (Required)
// type= string, num, email (Required)
// min = the value must have at least [min] characters (Optional)
// max = the value must have maximum [max] characters (Optional)
// d = (Optional)
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function define(n,type,HTMLname,min,max,d){
	var p;
	var i;
	var 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=define(n,type,HTMLname,min,max,d.layers[i].document);
		return x;		
	}
	
	// Create Object. The name will be "V_something" where something is the "n" parameter above.
	eval("V_"+n+" = new formResult(x,type,HTMLname,min,max);");
	checkObjects[eval(checkObjects.length)] = eval("V_"+n);
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// formResult - Used internally to create the objects
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function formResult(form,type,HTMLname,min,max){
	this.form = form;
	this.type = type;
	this.HTMLname = HTMLname;
	this.min  = min;
	this.max  = max;
}

// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// validate - Call this function onSubmit and return the "returnVal". (onSubmit="validate();return returnVal;")
// -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function validate(){
	if(checkObjects.length>0){
		errorObject = "";
	
		for(i=0;i<checkObjects.length;i++){
			validateObject 			= new Object();
			validateObject.form 	= checkObjects[i].form;
			validateObject.HTMLname = checkObjects[i].HTMLname;
			validateObject.val 		= checkObjects[i].form.value;
			validateObject.len 		= checkObjects[i].form.value.length;
			validateObject.min 		= checkObjects[i].min;
			validateObject.max 		= checkObjects[i].max;
			validateObject.type 	= checkObjects[i].type;
			
			//Debug alert line
			//alert("validateObject: "+validateObject+"\nvalidateObject.val: "+validateObject.val+"\nvalidateObject.len: "+validateObject.len+"\nvalidateObject.min,validateObject.max: "+validateObject.min+","+validateObject.max+"\nvalidateObject.type: "+validateObject.type);
			
			// Checking input. If "min" and/or "max" is defined the input has to be within the specific range
			if(validateObject.type == "num" || validateObject.type == "string"){
				if((validateObject.type == "num" && validateObject.len <= 0) || (validateObject.type == "num" && isNaN(validateObject.val))){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].require+language[selectecLanguage].num+"\n";
				} else if (validateObject.min && validateObject.max && (validateObject.len < validateObject.min || validateObject.len > validateObject.max)){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].require+language[selectecLanguage].min+validateObject.min+language[selectecLanguage].minmax+validateObject.max+language[selectecLanguage].chars+"\n";
				} else if (validateObject.min && !validateObject.max && (validateObject.len < validateObject.min)){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].require+language[selectecLanguage].min+validateObject.min+language[selectecLanguage].chars+"\n";
				} else if (validateObject.max && !validateObject.min &&(validateObject.len > validateObject.max)){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].require+language[selectecLanguage].max+validateObject.max+language[selectecLanguage].chars+"\n";
				} else if (!validateObject.min && !validateObject.max && validateObject.len <= 0){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].require+"\n";
				}
			} else if(validateObject.type == "email"){
				// Checking existense of "@" and ".". The length of the input must be at least 5 characters. The "." must neither be preceding the "@" nor follow it.
				if((validateObject.val.indexOf("@") == -1) || (validateObject.val.charAt(0) == ".") || (validateObject.val.charAt(0) == "@") ||(validateObject.len < 6) || (validateObject.val.indexOf(".") == -1) || (validateObject.val.charAt(validateObject.val.indexOf("@")+1) == ".") || (validateObject.val.charAt(validateObject.val.indexOf("@")-1) == ".")){errors+=language[selectecLanguage].start+language[selectecLanguage].field+validateObject.HTMLname+language[selectecLanguage].email+"\n";}
			}
		}
	}
	// Used to set the state of the returnVal. If errors -> show error messages in chosen language
	if(errors){
		alert(language[selectecLanguage].header.concat("\n"+errors));
		errors = "";
		returnVal = false;
	} else {
		returnVal = true;
	}
}