function validateForm(theForm) {

		var errors="";
		var setFocus=0;
		var started=false;
		var startAt;
		var firstErrorNode;
		var frmInputs = theForm.getElementsByTagName("input");	
		for (f=0; f < frmInputs.length; f++) {
		 theField=frmInputs[f];
			if(theField.style.display==""){
				if(theField.getAttribute('required')=='true' && theField.value == "" )
					{	
						if (!started) {
						started=true;
						startAt=f;
						firstErrorNode="input";
						}
						
						if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' is required\n';
							 }
						 else
							 {
							 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
						 }			
					}
				else if(theField.getAttribute('validate') != undefined && theField.value != ''){
						
					if(theField.getAttribute('validate').toUpperCase()=='EMAIL' && !isEmail(theField.value))
					{	
						if (!started) {
						started=true;
						startAt=f;
						firstErrorNode="input";
						}
						
						if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	 errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' must be a valid email address\n';
							 }
						 else
							 {
							 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
						 }					
					}
	
					else if(theField.getAttribute('validate').toUpperCase()=='NUMERIC' && isNaN(theField.value))
					{	
						if(!isNaN(theField.value.replace(/\$|\,|\%/g,'')))
						{
							theField.value=theField.value.replace(/\$|\,|\%/g,'');
	
						} else {
							if (!started) {
							started=true;
							startAt=f;
							firstErrorNode="input";
							}
						
							if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	 	errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' must be numeric\n';
								 }
							 else
							 	{
								 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
							 }
						}					
					}
					
					else if(theField.getAttribute('validate').toUpperCase()=='REGEX' && theField.getAttribute('regex') != undefined)
					{	
						var re = new RegExp(theField.getAttribute('regex'));
						if(!theField.value.match(re))
						{
							if (!started) {
							started=true;
							startAt=f;
							firstErrorNode="input";
							}
						
							if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	 	errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' must be numeric\n';
								 }
							 else
							 	{
								 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
							 }
						}					
					}
					else if(theField.getAttribute('validate').toUpperCase()=='MATCH' 
							&& theField.getAttribute('matchfield') != undefined && theField.value != theForm[theField.getAttribute('matchfield')].value)
					{	
						if (!started) {
						started=true;
						startAt=f;
						firstErrorNode="input";
						}
						
						if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	 errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' must match' + theField.getAttribute('matchfield') + '\n';
							 }
						 else
							 {
							 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
						 }					
					}
					else if(theField.getAttribute('validate').toUpperCase()=='DATE' && !isDate(theField.value))
					{
						if (!started) {
						started=true;
						startAt=f;
						firstErrorNode="input";
						}
						
						if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
						 	 errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' must be a valid date [MM/DD/YYYY]' + '\n';			
							 }
						 else
							 {
							 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
						 }			 
					}
				}
					
			}
		}
		var frmTextareas = theForm.getElementsByTagName("textarea");	
		for (f=0; f < frmTextareas.length; f++) {
		
			
				theField=frmTextareas[f];
				if(theField.style.display=="" && theField.getAttribute('required')=='true' && theField.value == "" )
				{	
					if (!started) {
					started=true;
					startAt=f;
					firstErrorNode="textarea";
					}
					
					if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
					 	errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' is required\n';
						 }
					 else
						 {
						 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
					 }			
				}	
		}
		
		var frmSelects = theForm.getElementsByTagName("select");	
		for (f=0; f < frmSelects.length; f++) {
				theField=frmSelects[f];
				if(theField.style.display=="" && theField.getAttribute('required')=='true' && theField.value == "" )
				{	
					if (!started) {
					started=true;
					startAt=f;
					firstErrorNode="select";
					}
					
					if(theField.getAttribute('message')==undefined){
					 	errors += getFieldName(theField).toUpperCase() + ' is required\n';
						 }
					 else
						 {
						 errors += theField.getAttribute('message') + '\n';
					 }			
				}	
		}
		
		if(errors != ""){	
			jAlert(errors, 'Error Alert');
			if(firstErrorNode=="input"){
				frmInputs[startAt].focus();
			}
			else if (firstErrorNode=="textarea"){
				frmTextareas[startAt].focus();
			}
			else if (firstErrorNode=="select"){
				frmSelects[startAt].focus();
			}
			return false;
		}
		else
		{
			return true;
		}

}