function count(strobj, maxlen) {
var cc;
cc = 0;
	  if(strobj.value.length > maxlen) {
        strobj.value = strobj.value.substring(0,maxlen);
        cc++;
        if(cc > 0) {
          alert('Maximal comment length ' + maxlen + ' symbols!');
          cc = 0;
        }
      }
}
function checkEmail(myForm) {	
if (/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(myForm.recip_email.value)){
	return (true)
	}
	alert("Please enter  a valid email address")
	return (false)
}

function showDiv(pass) { 
var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div'); 
for(i=0;i<divs.length;i++){ 
	if(divs[i].id.match(pass)){  //if they are 'see' divs 
		if (document.getElementById) // IE5, NS6 
			divs[i].style.display="block";// show/hide 
		else 
			if (document.layers) // Netscape 4 
				document.layers[divs[i]].display = 'visible'; 
			else // IE 4 
				document.all.divs[i].visibility = 'visible'; 

	  } 
} //end for 
} 
/*
function ShowHide(id, visibility) {
    obj = document.getElementsByTagName("div");
    if (visibility=='hidden'){
	obj[id].style.display = "none";}
	if (visibility=='visible'){
	obj[id].style.display = "block";}
}

*/