// Custom attributes only work in non-strict mode for IE  (http://bytes.com/topic/javascript/answers/437800-javascript-passing-form-attributes)
	
	// Validator Object
    var valid = new Object();
 
	//matches alphanumeric for Screen names
        valid.optAlphanumeric5 = /^([\w\d\_\.]{5,})*$/;
	
	//matches alphanumeric for Screen names
        valid.Five_alphanumeric = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]{5,}$/;

	//matches email
        valid.optEmailAddress = /^(.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)|)$/;


   // COL Custom REGEX Elements
	  
		// matches 19xx - 20xx
        valid.year = /^(19|20)\d{2}$/;

	  
		// matches 100,000
        valid.Dollars_CommasOptional = /^[0-9,\$\w]*$/;

    // REGEX Elements

        // matches zip codes
        valid.zipCode = /\d{5}(-\d{4})?/;

        // matches $17.23 or $14,281,545.45 or ...
        valid.Currency = /\$\d{1,3}(,\d{3})*\.\d{2}/;

        // matches 5:04 or 12:34 but not 75:83
        valid.Time = /^([1-9]|1[0-2]):[0-5]\d$/;

        //matches email
        valid.emailAddress = /^.+\@(\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\-\.]+\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\]?)$/;

        // matches phone ###-###-####
        valid.phoneNumber = /^\(?\d{3}\)?\s|-\d{3}-\d{4}$/;

        // International Phone Number
        valid.phoneNumberInternational = /^\d(\d|-){7,20}/;

        // IP Address
        valid.ipAddress = /^((25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])\.){3}(25[0-5]|2[0-4][0-9]|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9][0-9]|[0-9])$/;

        // Date xx/xx/xxxx
        valid.Date = /^\d{1,2}(\-|\/|\.)\d{1,2}\1\d{4}$/;

        // State Abbreviation
        valid.State = /^(AK|AL|AR|AZ|CA|CO|CT|DC|DE|FL|GA|HI|IA|ID|IL|IN|KS|KY|LA|MA|MD|ME|MI|MN|MO|MS|MT|NB|NC|ND|NH|NJ|NM|NV|NY|OH|OK|OR|PA|RI|SC|SD|TN|TX|UT|VA|VT|WA|WI|WV|WY)$/i;

        // Social Security Number
        valid.SSN = /^\d{3}\-\d{2}\-\d{4}$/;

        // Required RequiredField
        //valid.RequiredField = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]+/;
        valid.RequiredField = /\S/;			// Matches a single non-whitespace character

        // Required PasswordField    (Password should be at least 5 upper/lower case letters and/or numbers.  No special characters allowed.)
        //valid.PasswordField = /^[a-zA-Z0-9]{5,20}$/;
	
	var firstTime = true;
	function validateFormOnce(theForm) {
		var doSubmit = firstTime;
        var elArr = theForm.elements; 

        for(var i = 0; i < elArr.length; i++) {

           with(elArr[i]) { 

              var v = elArr[i].validator; 

              if(!v) continue; 

				//matches isChecked
			  if ( v == "isChecked" )
			  {
					if (elArr[i].checked) continue;
					alert("The " + name + " must be checked to proceed.");                  
					return false;
			  }
			  

              var thePat = valid[v]; 

              var gotIt = thePat.exec(value); 

              if( !gotIt ){
                 alert(name + ": failure to match " + v + " to " + value);                  
                 elArr[i].select();
                 elArr[i].focus(); 
                 return false;
              }


           }
        }
		firstTime = false;
		if (!doSubmit) return false;

        return true;

    }