function Form1_Validator(theForm)
{

var alertsay = ""; 
// check to see if the field is blank

if (theForm.Submitter.value == "")
{
alert("Please enter name in the \"Name\" field");
theForm.Submitter.focus();
return (false);
}

if (theForm.Submitter.value.length < 6)
{
alert("Please enter at least 6 characters in the \"Name\" field");
theForm.Submitter.focus();
return (false);
}



if (theForm.Email.value == "")
{
alert("Please enter a valid email address for the \"Email\" field.");
theForm.Email.focus();
return (false);
}


// test if valid email address, must have @ and .
var checkEmail = "@.";
var checkStr = theForm.Email.value;
var EmailValid = false;
var EmailAt = false;
var EmailPeriod = false;
for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++)
{
ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
for (j = 0;  j < checkEmail.length;  j++)
{
if (ch == checkEmail.charAt(j) && ch == "@")
EmailAt = true;
if (ch == checkEmail.charAt(j) && ch == ".")
EmailPeriod = true;
	  if (EmailAt && EmailPeriod)
		break;
	  if (j == checkEmail.length)
		break;
	}
	// if both the @ and . were in the string
if (EmailAt && EmailPeriod)
{
		EmailValid = true
		break;
	}
}
if (!EmailValid)
{
alert("The \"Email\" field must contain an \"@\" and a \".\"");
theForm.Email.focus();
return (false);
}


if (theForm.Comments.value == "")
{
alert("Please enter detailed information in the \"Comments\" section");
theForm.eComments.focus();
return (false);
}

if (theForm.Comments.value.length < 5)
{
alert("Please enter at least 10 characters in the \"Comments\" section");
theForm.eComments.focus();
return (false);
}


// because this is a sample page, don't allow to exit to the post action
// comes in handy when you are testing the form validations and don't
// wish to exit the page

return confirm("YOU ARE SUBMITTING A WEB SITE COMMENT(S) TO THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. TO CONTINUE, CLICK THE OK BUTTON TO COMPLETE THE SUBMISSION PROCESS OR CANCEL TO ABORT.");
//alertsay = "ALL VALIDATIONS HAVE SUCCEEDED AND YOUR FORM IS READY TO BE SUBMITTED. CLICK THE OK BUTTON TO COMPLETE THE SUBMISSION PROCESS OR THE X BUTTON TO CANCEL."
//alert(alertsay);
//return (true);
// replace the above with return(true); if you have a valid form to submit to
}