    
			function MM_openBrWindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
					window.open(theURL,winName,features);
			}

   function validateFileName( fileName )
			{
    var validReg = "\W+\.\W{3}$";
    var regex = new RegExp( validReg );
    return regex.test( fileName );
   }

			function checkFileName( f )
			{
				var fileName = f.value;
				if ( !validateFileName( fileName ) )
				{
					alert( "file name is not valid" );
					f.value = "";
					document.myForm.fileName.focus();
				}
			}


			function isEmail( str ) 
			{
					
					var supported = 0;
					
					if ( window.RegExp ) 
					{
						
						var tempStr = "a";
						
						var tempReg = new RegExp( tempStr );
						
						if ( tempReg.test( tempStr  ) ) 
						{
							supported = 1;
						}
						
					}
					
					if ( !supported ) 
					{
						return ( str.indexOf(".") > 2 ) && ( str.indexOf("@") > 0 );
					}
					
					var r1 = new RegExp("(@.*@)|(\\.\\.)|(@\\.)|(^\\.)");		
					var r2 = new RegExp("^.+\\@(\\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)$");
					
					return ( !r1.test( str ) && r2.test( str ) );
			
			}







			function checkEmail( lang )
			{
					
					if ( document.form1.inscriptionEmail.value == "" )
					{
						document.form1.inscriptionEmail.focus();
						return false;
					}
					
					if ( !isEmail( document.form1.inscriptionEmail.value ) )
					{
						
						if ( lang.toLowerCase() == "fr" )
						{
							alert("Le courriel n'est pas un format valide!");
						}
						else
						{
							alert("The email address is not a valid format!");			
						}
						
						document.form1.inscriptionEmail.focus();
						return false;
					}
					
					
					return true;
					
			}




			function checkLoginInfo( )
			{
				
					if ( document.form1.usr.value == "" )
					{
						document.form1.usr.focus();
						return false;
					}
					
					if ( document.form1.pwd.value == "" )
					{
						document.form1.pwd.focus();
						return false;
					}
					
					return true;
					
			}



   function checkCont( lang )
			{
				
				
				document.form1.contSave.value = 1;
				return true;
				
			}

