function FormValidationElementHasValue(formElementObject)

{

  if (!(FormValidationCanValidateElement(formElementObject)))

  {

    return false;

  }

  if ((formElementObject.type == "file") ||

      (formElementObject.type == "text") ||

      (formElementObject.type == "textarea") ||

      (formElementObject.type == "password"))

  {

    return FormValidationIsStringEmpty(formElementObject.value) ? false : true;

  }

  else if ((formElementObject.type == "select-one") ||

           (formElementObject.type == "select-multiple"))

  {

    if (formElementObject.selectedIndex < 0)

    {

      return false;

    }

    if (FormValidationIsStringEmpty(formElementObject.options[formElementObject.selectedIndex].value))

    {

      return false;

    }

  }

  else if ((formElementObject.type == "checkbox") ||

           (formElementObject.type == "radio") ||

           (formElementObject.length))

  {

    if (formElementObject.length)

    {

      for (var i = 0; i < formElementObject.length; i++)

      {

        if (formElementObject[i].checked)

        {

          return true;

        }

      }

      return false;

    }

    else

    {

      return formElementObject.checked;

    }

  }

  return true;

}



function FormValidationCanValidateElement(formElementObject)

{

  if (formElementObject.length)

  {

    return true;

  }

  if (!(formElementObject.type))

  {

    return false;

  }

  if (formElementObject.type == "button")

  {

    return false;

  }

  if (formElementObject.type == "hidden")

  {

    return false;

  }

  if (formElementObject.type == "image")

  {

    return false;

  }

  if (formElementObject.type == "reset")

  {

    return false;

  }

  if (formElementObject.type == "submit")

  {

    return false;

  }

  return true;

}



function FormValidationIsStringEmpty(stringValue)

{

  if (stringValue == "")

  {

    return true;

  }

  if (/^\s+$/.test(stringValue))

  {

    return true;

  }

  return false;

}