function CheckFields(myForm)
{
      var FieldsOK = true;
      var numOfElements = myForm.elements.length;
      for(var i=0; i<numOfElements; i++)
      {
            if(myForm.elements[i].getAttribute("required")=="required")
            {
                  if(myForm.elements[i].value=="")
                  {
                        FieldsOK = false;
                        alert(myForm.elements[i].getAttribute("alertname")+" is a required field.");
                        myForm.elements[i].focus();
                        return FieldsOK;
                  }
            }
	    if(myForm.elements[i].type=="textarea" && myForm.elements[i].value != "")
	    {
	    	  myForm.elements[i].value = myForm.elements[i].value.split('\r\n').join('<br>');
	    }
	
      }
          
      return FieldsOK;
}