function IsValidInput(strInput, strInputType)
{
		var expInteger = /^\d+$/;
		var expFloat = /^\d+\.?\d+$/;
		var expGeneralText = /[a-z_0-9\.\-A-Z]+/;
		var expAddress = /[a-z_0-9\.\-A-Z]+/;
		var expZipCode = /^\d{5}$|^\d{5}[\-\s]?\d{4}$/;
		var expPhone =  /^\d{3}[\-|\s|\.]?\d{3}[\-|\s|\.]?\d{4}$/;
		var expDate = /\d{1,2}[\-\\\.]\d{1,2}[\-\\\.]\d{2}$/;
		var expDate2 = /\d{1,2}[\-\\\.]\d{1,2}[\-\\\.]\d{4}$/;
		var expTime = /\d{2}\:\d{2}$/;
		var expEmail = /^[a-z_0-9\.\-]+@[a-z_0-9\.\-]+\.[a-z]{3}$/i;

		var expPattern;
		var bolValidValue = false;
		var bolUseRegExp = true;
		
		switch (strInputType)
		{
			case "Integer":
				expPattern = expInteger;
				break;
			case "Float":
				expPattern = expFloat;
				break;
			case "Text":
				expPattern = expGeneralText;
				break;
			case "Address":
				expPattern = expAddress;
				break;
			case "ZipCode":
				expPattern = expZipCode;
				break;
			case "PhoneNum":
				expPattern = expPhone;
				break;
			case "Date":
				bolValidValue = chkdate(strInput)
				bolUseRegExp = false;
				break;
			case "Time":
				bolValidValue = isTimeString(strInput)
				bolUseRegExp = false;
				break;
			case "Email":
				expPattern = expEmail;
				break;
		}

		if(bolUseRegExp)
		{	
			return expPattern.test(strInput);
		}
		else
		{
			return bolValidValue;
		}
}
function stripNonDigits(strInput)
{
	return strInput.replace(/[^0-9]/g,"")
}
function stripDividerSymbols(strInput)
{
	return strInput.replace(/[\.\s\\\,\-\_]/g,"") 
}
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// This script is taken from www.javascript.internet.com
// It was modified by Matt Schroepfer on 10/4 to work with his IsValidInput function

function chkdate(strDate)
{
var strDatestyle = "US"; //United States date style
//var strDatestyle = "EU";  //European date style
var strDate;
var strDateArray;
var strDay;
var strMonth;
var strYear;
var intday;
var intMonth;
var intYear;
var booFound = false;
var strSeparatorArray = new Array("-"," ","/",".");
var intElementNr;
var err = 0;
var strMonthArray = new Array(12);
strMonthArray[0] = "Jan";
strMonthArray[1] = "Feb";
strMonthArray[2] = "Mar";
strMonthArray[3] = "Apr";
strMonthArray[4] = "May";
strMonthArray[5] = "Jun";
strMonthArray[6] = "Jul";
strMonthArray[7] = "Aug";
strMonthArray[8] = "Sep";
strMonthArray[9] = "Oct";
strMonthArray[10] = "Nov";
strMonthArray[11] = "Dec";

if (strDate.length < 1) {
return true;
}
for (intElementNr = 0; intElementNr < strSeparatorArray.length; intElementNr++) {
if (strDate.indexOf(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]) != -1) {
strDateArray = strDate.split(strSeparatorArray[intElementNr]);
if (strDateArray.length != 3) {
err = 1;
return false;
}
else {
strDay = strDateArray[0];
strMonth = strDateArray[1];
strYear = strDateArray[2];
}
booFound = true;
   }
}
if (booFound == false) {
if (strDate.length>5) {
strDay = strDate.substr(0, 2);
strMonth = strDate.substr(2, 2);
strYear = strDate.substr(4);
   }
}
if (strYear.length == 2) {
strYear = '20' + strYear;
}
// US style
if (strDatestyle == "US") {
strTemp = strDay;
strDay = strMonth;
strMonth = strTemp;
}
intday = parseInt(strDay, 10);
if (isNaN(intday)) {
err = 2;
return false;
}
intMonth = parseInt(strMonth, 10);
if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
for (i = 0;i<12;i++) {
if (strMonth.toUpperCase() == strMonthArray[i].toUpperCase()) {
intMonth = i+1;
strMonth = strMonthArray[i];
i = 12;
   }
}
if (isNaN(intMonth)) {
err = 3;
return false;
   }
}
intYear = parseInt(strYear, 10);
if (isNaN(intYear)) {
err = 4;
return false;
}
if (intMonth>12 || intMonth<1) {
err = 5;
return false;
}
if ((intMonth == 1 || intMonth == 3 || intMonth == 5 || intMonth == 7 || intMonth == 8 || intMonth == 10 || intMonth == 12) && (intday > 31 || intday < 1)) {
err = 6;
return false;
}
if ((intMonth == 4 || intMonth == 6 || intMonth == 9 || intMonth == 11) && (intday > 30 || intday < 1)) {
err = 7;
return false;
}
if (intMonth == 2) {
if (intday < 1) {
err = 8;
return false;
}
if (LeapYear(intYear) == true) {
if (intday > 29) {
err = 9;
return false;
}
}
else {
if (intday > 28) {
err = 10;
return false;
}
}
}

return true;
}
function LeapYear(intYear) {
if (intYear % 100 == 0) {
if (intYear % 400 == 0) { return true; }
}
else {
if ((intYear % 4) == 0) { return true; }
}
return false;
}
function doDateCheck(from, to) {
if (Date.parse(from.value) <= Date.parse(to.value)) {
alert("The dates are valid.");
}
else {
if (from.value == "" || to.value == "") 
alert("Both dates must be entered.");
else 
alert("To date must occur after the from date.");
   }
}
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// --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
// This script was taken from webdeveloper.earthweb.com

var whitespace = " \t\n\r";

function isTimeString(stringValue)
{
	// create a String object
	var theString = new String(stringValue);
		
	// the string must have either two (hours and minutes) or three
	// (hours, minutes and seconds) tokens, delimited by ":";
	// split the string into an array of tokens
	var theTokens = theString.split(':');
	if ( theTokens.length < 2 || theTokens.length > 3 )
		return false;
		
	// convert the tokens to String objects, which will be needed later,
	// stripping whitespace
	var firstToken = new String(theTokens[0])
	firstToken = trim(firstToken);
	var middleToken;
	if ( theTokens.length == 3 ) {
		middleToken = new String(theTokens[1])
		middleToken = trim(middleToken);
	}
	var lastToken = new String(theTokens[theTokens.length - 1])
	lastToken = trim(lastToken);

	// the first token (hours) must be an integer between 0 and 23
	if ( ! isInteger(firstToken) )
		return false;
	if ( ! isIntegerInRange(firstToken, 0, 23) )
		return false;
		
	// are there three tokens?
	if ( theTokens.length == 3 ){

		// the middle token (minutes) must be an integer between 0 and 59
		if ( ! isInteger(middleToken) )
			return false;
		if ( ! isIntegerInRange(middleToken, 0, 59) )
			return false;
	}
			
	// the first one or two characters of the last token (either minutes
	// and optional am/pm indicator or seconds and am/pm indicator) must
	// be digits
	if ( ! isDigit(lastToken.charAt(0)) )
		return false;
		
	// the first character is a digit; split the last token into the minutes
	// or seconds value and the indicator; depending on the second character
	var lastValue;
	var ampmIndicator;
	if ( isDigit(lastToken.charAt(1)) ) {
		lastValue = new String(lastToken.substring(0, 2));
		if ( lastToken.length >= 3 )
			ampmIndicator = new String(trim(lastToken.substring(2, lastToken.length)));
		else
			ampmIndicator = new String();
	}
	else {
		lastValue = new String(lastToken.substring(0, 1));
		if ( lastToken.length >= 2 )
			ampmIndicator = new String(trim(lastToken.substring(1, lastToken.length)));
		else
			ampmIndicator = new String();
	}
	ampmIndicator = ampmIndicator.toUpperCase();
		
	// the last value must be between 0 and 59
	if ( ! isIntegerInRange(lastValue, 0, 59) )
		return false;
		
	// check the am/pm indicator, if there is one
	if ( ampmIndicator.length > 0 )
		if ( ! ( ampmIndicator == "AM" || ampmIndicator == "PM" ) )
			return false;
				
	// valid time
	return true;
}
function lTrim(s) {
          var i = 0;
      while ( (i < s.length) && charInString(s.charAt(i), whitespace) )
         i++;
      return s.substring(i, s.length);
  }

  function makeArray(n) {
     for ( var i = 1; i <= n; i++ ) {
        this[i] = 0
     } 
     return this
  }

  function rTrim(s) {
          var i = 0;
      while ( (i < s.length) && charInString(s.charAt(i), whitespace) )
         i++;
      return s.substring(i, s.length);
  }

  function trim(s) {
          return lTrim(rTrim(s));
  }
function charInString(c, s) {
          for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
                  if (s.charAt(i) == c)
                          return true;
      }
      return false
  }
function isInteger(s) {
          var i;
      for ( i = 0; i < s.length; i++ )
      {   
          var c = s.charAt(i);
          if ( ! isDigit(c) ) return false;
      }
      return true;
  }
function isDigit(c) {
        return ( ( c >= "0" ) && ( c <= "9" ) )
}
function isIntegerInRange(s, a, b) {
    if ( ! isInteger(s) ) return false;
    var num = parseInt (s);
    return ( ( num >= a ) && ( num <= b ) );
}
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