function validateRequestForm(){
	var f = document.getElementById('requestForm');

	if(f.fullname.value==""){
		alert("Please enter your name.");
		return false;
	}
	
	if(f.email.value=="" || f.email_verify.value==""){
		alert("Please enter your email address & verify it.");
		return false;
	}

	if(!validEmail(f.email.value) || !validEmail(f.email_verify.value)){
		alert("Please enter a valid email address");
		return false;
	}
	
	if(f.email.value != f.email_verify.value){
		alert("Email & Verify values to dont match. Please check them.");
		return false;
	}
	
	if(f.company.value==""){
		alert("Please enter a company name or affiliation if you are making this request for non-business reasons");
		return false;
	}	
	
	somethingselected= false;
		for(var i= 0; i< f.requested_reports.length; i++){
			if(f.requested_reports[i].checked){
				somethingselected= true;
				break;
			}
		}
	if(!somethingselected){
		alert("Please select at least one report from the list");
		return false;	
	}
	

	return true;
}

function validEmail(emailStr) {
	if (emailStr.length == 0) {
		 return false;
	}
	var emailPat=/^(.+)@(.+)$/;
	var specialChars="\\(\\)<>@,;:\\\\\\\"\\.\\[\\]";
	var validChars="\[^\\s" + specialChars + "\]";
	var quotedUser="(\"[^\"]*\")";
	var ipDomainPat=/^(\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})[.](\d{1,3})$/;
	var atom=validChars + '+';
	var word="(" + atom + "|" + quotedUser + ")";
	var userPat=new RegExp("^" + word + "(\\." + word + ")*$");
	var domainPat=new RegExp("^" + atom + "(\\." + atom + ")*$");
	var matchArray=emailStr.match(emailPat);
	if (matchArray == null) {
		 return false;
	}
	var user=matchArray[1];
	var domain=matchArray[2];
	if (user.match(userPat) == null) {
		 return false;
	}
	var IPArray = domain.match(ipDomainPat);
	if (IPArray != null) {
		 for (var i = 1; i <= 4; i++) {
			 if (IPArray[i] > 255) {
				 return false;
			 }
		 }
		 return true;
	}
	var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat);
	if (domainArray == null) {
		 return false;
	}
	var atomPat=new RegExp(atom,"g");
	var domArr=domain.match(atomPat);
	var len=domArr.length;
	if ((domArr[domArr.length-1].length < 2) ||
		 (domArr[domArr.length-1].length > 3)) {
		 return false;
	}
	if (len < 2) {
		 return false;
	}
	return true;
}