function MM_startTimeout() {
	if( window.ActiveMenu ) {
		mmStart = new Date();
		mmDHFlag = true;
		mmHideMenuTimer = setTimeout("mmDoHide()", window.ActiveMenu.Menu.hideTimeout);
	}
}

 function validate_email(field,alerttxt)
	{
		with (field)
		{
			apos=value.indexOf("@");
			dotpos=value.lastIndexOf(".");
			if (apos<1||dotpos-apos<2) 
			  {focus();alert(alerttxt);return false;}
		}
	}

	function validate_inputs() {
	
		var frm;
		
		frm = document.forms['crm'];		
		
		if (frm.firstname.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter first name.");
			frm.firstname.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.lastname.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter last name.");
			frm.lastname.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.email.value == "") {			
			alert("Please enter correct email address.");
			frm.email.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		if (frm.email.value != "") {			
			 validate_email(frm.email, "Please enter correct email.");		
			
		}
		
		if (frm.businessphone.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter business phone.");
			frm.businessphone.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (frm.companyname.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter company name.");
			frm.companyname.focus();
			return false;
		}
		
		
		if ( frm.jobtitle[frm.jobtitle.selectedIndex].value == "0") {		
			alert("Please select job title.");
			frm.jobtitle.focus();
			return false;	
		}
		
		if ( frm.industry[frm.industry.selectedIndex].value == "0") {		
			alert("Please select industry.");
			frm.industry.focus();
			return false;	
		}
		
		if ( frm.AREAOFINTEREST[frm.AREAOFINTEREST.selectedIndex].value == "0") {		
			alert("Please select Area of interest.");
			frm.AREAOFINTEREST.focus();
			return false;	
		}				
		
		if (frm.description.value == "") {
			alert("Please enter description.");
			frm.description.focus();
			return false
		}
		
		return true;
	}