sbseparator=',';
	sbdecimal_point='.';
/////////////email function
function emailCheck (emailStr,sbwhere) ///////sbwhere=1 for front end,sbwhere=2 for back end  
{

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) {
	if(sbwhere==1)
		alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
	else
		alert("Email address seems incorrect (check @ and .'s)")
	return false
}
var user=matchArray[1]
var domain=matchArray[2]
if (user.match(userPat)==null) {
 	if(sbwhere==1)
	  alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
	else
      alert("The username doesn't seem to be valid.")
    return false
}
var IPArray=domain.match(ipDomainPat)
if (IPArray!=null) {
    // this is an IP address
	  for (var i=1;i<=4;i++) {
	    if (IPArray[i]>255) {
		if(sbwhere==1)
	        alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
		else
			alert("Destination IP address is invalid!")
		return false
	    }
    }
    return true
}
var domainArray=domain.match(domainPat)
if (domainArray==null) {
	if(sbwhere==1)
		alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
	else
		alert("The domain name doesn't seem to be valid.")
    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>4) {
	if(sbwhere==1)
	   alert("The address must end in a valid domain, or two letter country.")
	else
	   alert("The address must end in a valid domain, or two letter country.")
   return false
}
if (len < 2) {
 	if(sbwhere==1)
	  var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
	else
	  var errStr="This address is missing a hostname!"
   alert(errStr)
   return false
}
return true;
}

function sbis_empty(sbstr)
{ 
 	sbnew_str=sbstr.replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g,"");
	if(sbnew_str.length>0)
		return (false);
	else
		return (true);
}

function sbcurrency_display_format(amount)
{
	amount=amount.toString().replace(/\./,sbdecimal_point);
	return(amount);
}

function sbcurrency_calculation_format(value)
{
	var pattern_sp=/,/g;
	var pattern_pt=/\./g;
	value=value.toString().replace(pattern_sp,"");		//remove thousand separator if any
	value=value.toString().replace(pattern_pt,".");		//restore decimal point
	return value;
}

function seo_string(field_name,str,dirlist)
{
	dir_pat=RegExp("^("+dirlist.replace(/,/g,"|")+")$","i");
	dir_str=dirlist.replace(/,/g,", ");
	if(str.match(/[\.\/\?& ]/))
		return (field_name+" must not contain \.\/\?&  characters");
	else if(str.match(dir_pat) )
		return ("This value of "+field_name+" is not allowed. Try appending /removing some characters to the value");
	else
		return false;	
}

function sbconvert_toseo(title,seo)
{
	//a=title.value.replace(/^[^a-zA-Z]+/,"");
	//a=a.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+/g,"_");
	//a=a.replace(/[^a-zA-Z]+$/,"");
	a=title.value.replace(/[\.\/\?& ]+/g,"_");
	seo.value=a.toLowerCase();

}

function deci(t)
{
	var a=new Number();
	a=Math.round(t*100);
	//alert(a);
	if(a==0)
	var str='000';
	if(a < 10)
	var str= '00'+String(a.toString());
	else
	{
		if((a >= 10) && (a < 100)) 
		var str= '0'+String(a.toString());
		else
		var str=new String(a.toString());
	}
	///alert(str);
	t1=str.substr(0,(str.length-2))+"."+str.substr((str.length-2),2);
	return t1;
}

function changetime(extime)
{
	date_str="";
	cur=new Date();
	curtime=cur.getTime();
	curtime=Math.floor(curtime/1000);
	timediffer=extime-curtime;

	if(timediffer > 86400)
	{
		days=Math.floor(timediffer/86400); //converting to days
		timediffer=timediffer%86400;
		if(days < 10)
			days = "0"+days;
		date_str=days+"d ";
	}

	if(timediffer>3600)
	{
		hours=Math.floor(timediffer/3600);// convering to hours
		timediffer=timediffer%3600;
		if(hours < 10)
			hours = "0"+hours;
		date_str += hours+"h ";
	}	
	if(timediffer>60)
	{
		minutes=Math.floor(timediffer/60);// convering to hours
		timediffer=timediffer%60;
		if(minutes < 10)
			minutes = "0"+minutes;
		date_str += minutes+"m ";
	}	
	
	if(timediffer<=60 && timediffer>0)	
	{
		if(timediffer < 10)
		timediffer = "0"+timediffer;
		date_str += timediffer+"s ";
	}

	if(date_str=="")	
		date_str = "Expired";
	else
		date_str += " left";

	return(date_str)
}