function trim(sString) 
	{
		while (sString.substring(0,1) == ' '){
			sString = sString.substring(1, sString.length);
		}	
		var subStr =sString.length;
		while (sString.substring(subStr-1, subStr) == ' '){		 
		sString = sString.substring(0,subStr-1);
		subStr =sString.length;
		}
		return sString;
	}

	
	var toEncode = [ "<",">","\"","'","%",";","(",")","+" ] ;
	var encodeWith = [ "\u003C","\u003E","\u0022","\u0027","\u0025","\u003B","\u0028","\u0029","\u002B" ] ;

	function checkFormParameters() {

		var formElements = document.SearchPageForm.elements;
		for (i=0; i<formElements.length; i++) {
			for( var j=0; j< toEncode.length; j++ ) {

				formElements[i].value=ReplaceAll(formElements[i].value, toEncode[j] , encodeWith[j]);
			}
		}
		//return false;
	}


	//	Find and replace a string in another string, with optional case-sensitivity.
	function ReplaceAll( inText, inFindStr, inReplStr, inCaseSensitive ) {
	   //	inText is the text in which to do the search;
	   //	inFindStr is the string to find;
	   //	inReplStr is the string to substitute into inText in place of inFindStr; and
	   //	inCaseSensitive is a boolean value (defaults to false).

	   var searchFrom = 0;
	   var offset = 0;
	   var outText = "";
	   var searchText = "";
	   if ( inCaseSensitive == null ) {
		  inCaseSensitive = false;
	   }
	   if ( inCaseSensitive ) {
		  searchText = inText.toLowerCase();
		  inFindStr = inFindStr.toLowerCase();
	   } else {
		  searchText = inText;
	   }
	   offset = searchText.indexOf( inFindStr, searchFrom );
	   while ( offset != -1 ) {
		  outText += inText.substring( searchFrom, offset );
		  outText += inReplStr;
		  searchFrom = offset + inFindStr.length;
		  offset = searchText.indexOf( inFindStr, searchFrom );
	   }
	   outText += inText.substring( searchFrom, inText.length );

	   return ( outText );
	}	
	
	

	
		function navigateToSearchResultsPage(){

		var redirectSearchResults= "http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/search";
	    	var queryTheme = trim(document.SearchPageForm.searchString.value);
		var defQueryVal = 'Enter key words';
		if (queryTheme == defQueryVal){
			queryTheme = '';
		}
		document.SearchPageForm.searchString.value = queryTheme;
		//Validate parameters
		checkFormParameters();
		if((queryTheme != null)&& (queryTheme.length > 0))
			{
	    		document.SearchPageForm.action = redirectSearchResults;
			}
		else
			{
				alert("Please type the word(s) you wish to search for");
				document.SearchPageForm.searchString.focus();
				return false;
			}	
			
			return true;
		}
	
		function navigateToSearchResults(ln){

			var redirectSearchResults= "http://www.hsbc.com/1/2/search";

			document.SearchLangForm.lang.value = ln;
			document.SearchLangForm.ssinit.value ="true";
						 
			document.SearchLangForm.action = redirectSearchResults;

			document.SearchLangForm.submit();
			return true;
			 
		}



		function checkForm(){
				var valid = false;
				if (document.form01.searchString.value == '')
				{
					alert("Please type the word(s) you wish to search for.");
				}
				else
				{
					valid = true;
				}

				return valid;
		}