function Trim(s)
{
  // Remove leading spaces and carriage returns
  while ((s.substring(0,1) == ' ') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\n') || (s.substring(0,1) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(1,s.length);
  }

  // Remove trailing spaces and carriage returns

  while ((s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == ' ') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\n') || (s.substring(s.length-1,s.length) == '\r'))
  {
    s = s.substring(0,s.length-1);
  }
  return s;
}

function valid(frmObj)
{	
	if(!frmObj) frmObj=document.searchNewsForm;
	if(frmObj.pressReleaseName.value.length < 1 && frmObj.year.value.length < 1 && frmObj.quarter.value.length < 1)
	{
		alert("Please Select Any one from the search criteria.");
		frmObj.pressReleaseName.focus();
		return false;
	}
	frmObj.request.value="searchnews";
	frmObj.submit();
}