function submit_query(anchorobj){
var ref_form=document.contact_form;

if(ref_form.name.value=='')
	{
		alert("please enter your name");
		ref_form.name.focus();
		return false;
	}


if(ref_form.email.value=='')
	{
		alert("please enter your email address");
		ref_form.email.focus();
		return false;
	}
if(!validate_email(ref_form.email.value))
	{
		alert("please enter a valid email");
		ref_form.email.focus();
		return false;
	}
if(ref_form.query.value=='')
	{
		alert("please enter your query");
		ref_form.query.focus();
		return false;
	}

if(ref_form.phone.value!='')
 if( isNaN(ref_form.phone.value))
	{
		alert("please enter a valid phone no");
		ref_form.phone.focus();
		return false;
	}



// changing start

   
    var subobj=document.getElementById('news_view');
	
	var ref_div=document.getElementById('ref_div');
	var left_offset=getposOffset(ref_div, "offsetLeft");	//POSIION THE IMAGE DIV CENTER OF CONTENT DIV
	//var left_offset=0;
	var top_offset=iecompattest().scrollTop+125;
	
	{			
			var xmlHttp="";
				try
				{
					xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
					if (xmlHttp==null)
					{
					  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
					  return;
					}
					var url="contactMail.php?name="+get_plain_value(ref_form.name.value);
						url = url+"&comp_name="+get_plain_value(ref_form.comp_name.value);
						url = url+"&address="+get_plain_value(ref_form.address.value);
						url = url+"&phone="+get_plain_value(ref_form.phone.value);
						url = url+"&email="+get_plain_value(ref_form.email.value);
						url = url+"&query="+get_plain_value(ref_form.query.value);
						url = url+"&fresh="+new Date().getTime();

					show_status(4,"loading data ...");
					xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function() 
					{ 
						if (xmlHttp.readyState==4)
							{
								if(xmlHttp.status!=200){
									//alert("Error no = "+ xmlHttp.status);
									show_status(0,'error in communication, error no = '+ xmlHttp.status);
									return;
									}
									
							var subobj=document.getElementById('news_view');
							subobj.innerHTML = xmlHttp.responseText;
							show_status();
							show_div(anchorobj,subobj,'down',500,left_offset,top_offset);
						}
					}
					xmlHttp.open("GET",url+"&fresh="+new Date().getTime(),true);
					xmlHttp.send(null);
				}
				catch(exception)
				{
					alert(exception);
				}		
		}



/*
		var url="contactMail.php?name="+get_plain_value(ref_form.name.value);
		url = url+"&comp_name="+get_plain_value(ref_form.comp_name.value);
		url = url+"&address="+get_plain_value(ref_form.address.value);
		url = url+"&phone="+get_plain_value(ref_form.phone.value);
		url = url+"&email="+get_plain_value(ref_form.email.value);
		url = url+"&query="+get_plain_value(ref_form.query.value);
		url = url+"&fresh="+new Date().getTime();

	
	show_status(4,"processing.."); 
	
	load_content(url,'contact_div');
	
	*/
}

function validate_email(elementValue)
{
   var emailPattern = /^[a-zA-Z0-9._-]+@[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+\.[a-zA-Z]{2,4}$/;
   return emailPattern.test(elementValue);
}