function doCheck() {
	
	// 1 name, surname, email, phone
	
	if ( document.getElementById("firstname").value == "" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your name and surname.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	if ( document.getElementById("lastname").value == "" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your name and surname.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	if (validEmail(document.getElementById("email").value)==false) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please use a valid email address.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	
	
	// 2 company, address, city, url
	
	/*
	if ( document.getElementById("company").value == "" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your company name.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	if ( document.getElementById("address").value == "" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your company address.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	if ( document.getElementById("city").value == "" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your company address.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	if ( document.getElementById("url").value == "" || document.getElementById("url").value == "http://" ) {
		document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="Please type in your website address.<br /><br />";
		show('message'); 
		return false;
	}
	
	*/
	
	document.getElementById("message").innerHTML="<img src='graphics/ajax-loader.gif' align='texttop' /><span style='color:#006600; font-weight:bold;'>You application is being processed. Please wait a moment...</span><br /><br />";
	show('message');
	return true;
}




///


function validEmail(str) {
	var at="@"
	var dot="."
	var lat=str.indexOf(at)
	var lstr=str.length
	var ldot=str.indexOf(dot)
	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1){
	   return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(at)==-1 || str.indexOf(at)==0 || str.indexOf(at)==lstr){
	   return false
	}

	if (str.indexOf(dot)==-1 || str.indexOf(dot)==0 || str.indexOf(dot)==lstr){
		return false
	}

	 if (str.indexOf(at,(lat+1))!=-1){
		return false
	 }

	 if (str.substring(lat-1,lat)==dot || str.substring(lat+1,lat+2)==dot){
		return false
	 }

	 if (str.indexOf(dot,(lat+2))==-1){
		return false
	 }
	
	 if (str.indexOf(" ")!=-1){
		return false
	 }

	 return true					
}