function getRadioValue(radioName)
{
	var col = (eval('document.frmApplication.' + radioName + '.length'));

	if (col != null)
	{
		for (var i=0; i < col; i++)
		{
			if (eval('document.frmApplication.' + radioName + '[' + i + ']' + '.checked'))
			{
				return(eval('document.frmApplication.' + radioName + '[' + i + ']' + '.value'));
			}
		}
	}
	return null;
}

//Function to check empty textboxes
function isEmpty(variable)
{
	//** Test whether variable is Empty (which includes containing nothing but blanks)
	if (variable == null || variable == "" || variable == " " || variable == 0 || variable == '0')
	{
    return true;
  }
  // Test for all characters being blanks
  for (i = 0; i < variable.length; i++)
  {
    if (variable.charAt(i) != " ")
      return false;
  }
  return true;  // No non-blank characters found
}

//*******************************************************************************
//Function to check valid date
function valid_Date(objTextBox, objTextName) 
{
	if (objTextBox.value.length == 0) return true;
	if (isNaN(Date.parse(objTextBox.value))) 
	{
		objTextBox.focus();
		objTextBox.select();
		alert('Please enter a valid ' + objTextName + '.');
		return false;
	}
	return true;
}
//******************************************************************************
//Function to check valid email address
function isEmailAddress(strEmailAddress)
	{
		// PURPOSE: Test whether or not strEmailAddress is a valid eMail address
		
		// Check for value not entered
		if (strEmailAddress.length == 0)
	    return false;

		if (strEmailAddress.indexOf(" ") != -1)
		  return false;

		// Check that address is in format anyname@domain.level
		var oRegExp2 = /\w+\@(\w[\w-]*\w)+\.\w+/;
		if (!oRegExp2.test(strEmailAddress))
	    return false;
		
		// Check that there is one and only one @ sign
		var oRegExp = new RegExp("@","g");
		var oMatches = strEmailAddress.match(oRegExp);
		if (oMatches.length != 1)
	    return false;
		
		// No errors found
		return true;
	}		
//********************************************************************************