function trim(inputString) {
   // Removes leading and trailing spaces from the passed string. Also removes
   // consecutive spaces and replaces it with one space. If something besides
   // a string is passed in (null, custom object, etc.) then return the input.
   if (typeof inputString != "string") { return inputString; }
   var retValue = inputString;
   var ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the beginning of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(1, retValue.length);
      ch = retValue.substring(0, 1);
   }
   ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   while (ch == " ") { // Check for spaces at the end of the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.length-1);
      ch = retValue.substring(retValue.length-1, retValue.length);
   }
   while (retValue.indexOf("  ") != -1) { // Note that there are two spaces in the string - look for multiple spaces within the string
      retValue = retValue.substring(0, retValue.indexOf("  ")) + retValue.substring(retValue.indexOf("  ")+1, retValue.length); // Again, there are two spaces in each of the strings
   }
   return retValue; // Return the trimmed string back to the user
} // Ends the "trim" function

// this variable checks if the user has tried to login
// this is to make the Login button (on the MyEquifax page) 
// and the Submit buttons (on the Login Help page) disabled 
// after it has been clicked by the user, so that the user will 
// not be able to click it multiple times while the data migration is in progress

var loginInProgress = false;

function isLoginInProcess()
{
	if(loginInProgress == true)
	{
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		loginInProgress = true;
		return true;
	}
}

function resetLoginInProcess()
{
	loginInProgress = false;
}

var orderInProgress = false;

function isResetAllowed()
{
	if(orderInProgress == true)
	{
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		return true;
	}	
}

function isOrderInProgress()
{
	if(orderInProgress == true)
	{
		return false;
	}
	else
	{
		orderInProgress = true;
		return true;
	}
}

function resetOrderInProgress()
{
	orderInProgress = false;
}

function popupChildWindow(url) 
{
    link = window.open(url,"Link","toolbar=0,location=0,directories=0,status=0,menubar=yes,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=600,height=450,left=250,top=50");
    link.focus();
    return true;
}