function setdates(issue, d1, d2, linkref) {
	$("#d1").val(d1);
	$("#d2").val(d2);
	$(".issue").css('font-weight', 'normal');
	$(linkref).css('font-weight', 'bold');
}

function strpos(str, ch) {
  return str.indexOf(ch);
}



/* Sandeep Tamhankar */
function validateEmail (emailStr) {
  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 "Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)"
  }
  var user=matchArray[1]
  var domain=matchArray[2]
  if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
    return "The email username doesn't seem to be valid."
  }
  var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
  if (IPArray!=null) {
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
	        return "Destination IP address is invalid!"
	    }
    }
    return true
  }

  var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
  if (domainArray==null) {
	return "The domain name doesn't seem to be valid."
  }
  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 "The address must end in a three-letter domain, or two letter country."
  }
  if (len<2) {
    return "This address is missing a hostname!"
  }
  /* temporarily disabled 
  if (domainArray[0]=="hotmail.com" || domainArray[0]=="yahoo.com")
    return "You have selected a free e-mail address."
  */
    
  return true;
}