function checklistservices(frm)
		{	// checklistservices
			return true;
		}	// checklistservices
		
		function checkaddservices(frm)
		{	// checkaddservices
			var		index = document.addService.servicekey.selectedIndex;
			var		newservice = TrimString(document.addService.newservice.value);
			var		serviceinfo = TrimString(document.addService.serviceinfo.value);
			var		retval = true;

			//var		serviceinfo = document.addService.serviceinfo.value;

			//alert("serviceinfo is [" + serviceinfo + "]\n" +
			//		" is [" + newservice + "]");
			//return false;
			if (0==newservice.length && -1==index)
				{
				alert("Please select an existing service or enter a new one");
				//frm["addService"].focus();
				retval = false;
				}

			if (0!=newservice.length && -1!=index)
				{
				alert("Please select an existing service or enter a new one\n\nNOT BOTH");
				//frm["addService"].focus();
				retval = false;
				}

			if (10>=serviceinfo.length)
				{
				alert("Your service description should exceed 10 characters");
				retval = false;
				}
// now that we have the proper parameters, let's massage them a bit
			document.addService.newservice.value = newservice;
			document.addService.serviceinfo.value = serviceinfo;
			
			return retval;
		}	// checkaddservices

function checkNumeric(str)
{	// checkNumeric
	var		numericPattern = /^([0-9]+)$/;

	//alert("checkNumeric of " + str );

	if (-1 == str.search(numericPattern))
		return false;
	else
		return true;
}	// checkNumeric

function TrimString(xxx)
{	// TrimString
//alert("TrimString");
	if("string" == typeof xxx)
		{
		xxx = xxx.replace(/^\s+/, "");
		xxx = xxx.replace(/\s+$/, "");
//alert("TrimString2 " + xxx);
		}
	else
	if("object" == typeof xxx)
		{
//alert("TrimString3");
		xxx.value = xxx.value.replace(/^\s+/, "");
		xxx.value = xxx.value.replace(/\s+$/, "");
		}

	return xxx;
	
}	// TrimString