var franchiseListResults = null;		// contains the current search results
	var franchiseListTotalCount = 0;
	var franchiseListLimit = ;
	
	var aErrorList = new Array();
	var bVerifyAddressFields = false;
	var aStatesProvinces = new Array();

	aStatesProvinces[0] = new Array(	['Select a State',''],['Alabama','AL'],['Alaska','AK'],['Arizona','AZ'],['Arkansas','AR'],['California','CA'],['Colorado','CO'],['Connecticut','CT'],['Delaware','DE'],['District Of Columbia','DC'],['Florida','FL'],['Georgia','GA'],['Hawaii','HI'],['Idaho','ID'],['Illinois','IL'],['Indiana','IN'],['Iowa','IA'],['Kansas','KS'],['Kentucky','KY'],['Louisiana','LA'],['Maine','ME'],['Maryland','MD'],['Massachusetts','MA'],['Michigan','MI'],['Minnesota','MN'],['Mississippi','MS'],['Missouri','MO'],['Montana','MT'],['Nebraska','NE'],['Nevada','NV'],['New Hampshire','NH'],['New Jersey','NJ'],['New Mexico','NM'],['New York','NY'],['North Carolina','NC'],['North Dakota','ND'],['Ohio','OH'],['Oklahoma','OK'],['Oregon','OR'],['Pennsylvania','PA'],['Puerto Rico','PR'],['Rhode Island','RI'],['South Carolina','SC'],['South Dakota','SD'],['Tennessee','TN'],['Texas','TX'],['Utah','UT'],['Vermont','VT'],['Virginia','VA'],['Washington','WA'],['West Virginia','WV'],['Wisconsin','WI'],['Wyoming','WY']);

aStatesProvinces[1] = new Array(['Select a Province',''],['Alberta','AB'],['British Columbia','BC'],['Manitoba','MB'],['New Brunswick','NB'],['Newfoundland','NF'],['Northwest Territories','NT'],['Nova Scotia','NS'],['Nunavut','NU'],['Ontario','ON'],['Prince Edward Island','PE'],['Quebec','PQ'],['Saskatchewan','SK'],['Yukon','YK']);

function validateForm() {
	// document.getElementById("helpbubble").style.display = "none";
	aErrorList.splice(0, aErrorList.length);
	var oCustomCompanyName = document.getElementById("customCompanyName");
	var oFirstName = document.getElementById("Fname");
	var oLastName = document.getElementById("Lname");
	var oEmailAddress = document.getElementById("email");
	var oConfirmEmailAddress = document.getElementById("confirmEmail");
	var oCountry = document.getElementById("country");
	var oAddress = document.getElementById("address");
	var oCity = document.getElementById("city");
	var oZip = document.getElementById("zip");
	var oPhone = document.getElementById("phone");
	var oPhoneMobile = document.getElementById("phone_mobile");
	var oState = document.getElementById("state");
	var oCapital= document.getElementById("capital");
	var oTimeFrame = document.getElementById("timeFrame");
	var oGeo = document.getElementById("geo");
	var oCertify = document.getElementById("certify");
	var oErrorMessage = document.getElementById("ErrorMessage");
	var oSubmit = document.getElementById("Submit");
	oErrorMessage.innerHTML = "";
	try{
		ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oFirstName);
		ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oLastName);
		ErrorCheckIsValidEmail(oEmailAddress);
		ErrorCheckCompareFields(oEmailAddress, oConfirmEmailAddress);
	//	ErrorCheckIsSelected(oCountry);
	//	if(oCountry.options[oCountry.selectedIndex].value == "USA" || oCountry.options[oCountry.selectedIndex].value == "CAN"){
/*			if(oState.length == 0){
				DisplayCountryFields();
			}*/
			ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oAddress);
			ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oCity);
			ErrorCheckIsSelected(oState);
			ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oZip);
	//	}
		ErrorCheckIsEmpty(oPhone);
	//	if(oCountry.options[oCountry.selectedIndex].value == "USA" || oCountry.options[oCountry.selectedIndex].value == "CAN"){
			ErrorCheckIsValidPhone(oPhone);
			ErrorCheckIsValidPhone(oPhoneMobile);
	/*	} else {
			ErrorCheckIsValidIntPhone(oPhone);
			ErrorCheckIsValidIntPhone(oPhoneMobile);
		}*/
		ErrorCheckIsSelected(oCapital);
		ErrorCheckIsSelected(oTimeFrame);
		ErrorCheckIsSelected(oGeo);
		/*if(ErrorCheckIsChecked(oCertify)){
		oErrorMessage.innerHTML += "Please certify that all information below is correct by checking the certify checkbox below.<br>"
		
		}*/
	} catch(err) {
		alert("Error in script. Message: " + err);
		return false;
	}

 if (aErrorList.length > 0) {
	 oErrorMessage.innerHTML += "Please correct missing information below.";
	 oErrorMessage.style.display = "block";
	 if(aErrorList[0].id == "certify"){
	 positionHelpBubble();
	 document.getElementById("helpbubble").style.display = "block";
	 }
	 //alert(aErrorList[0].name);
     try {
	 aErrorList[0].focus();
	 return false;
     } catch(err) {
		alert("Error in script. Message: " + err);
		return false;     
     }
 } else {
	 oErrorMessage.style.display = "none";
	 oSubmit.disabled = "disabled";
	 oSubmit.value = "Please Wait...";
	 return true;
 }
}