function trimString() {
	String.prototype.trim = function () {
    return this.replace(/^\s*/, "").replace(/\s*$/, "");
	}
}

   function checkSpecialCharacters(data) {
	   var iChars = "!@#$%^&*()+=[]\\\';,./{}|\":<>?~_`"; 
	   for (var i = 0; i < data.length; i++) {
			if (iChars.indexOf(data.charAt(i)) != -1) 			  
			return false;	
		}
		return true;
   }
  function checkBlank(str) {
	   
    if(!str || typeof str != 'string' || str.length==0)		
        return false;      
	return str.replace(/^[\s]+/,'').replace(/[\s]+$/,'').replace(/[\s]{2,}/,' ');
   }
	
	var country = false;
	var language = false;
	var error = false;		
	
		$(document).ready(function() { 
			$("#submitsamples").click(function() {					
				if (checkBlank($('#listmenu').val())==false || ($('#listmenu').val()==0)) {
						
					//$('#languageSellabel').addClass('error');						
					if(error==false)
					$('#listmenu').focus();
					country = true;
					error = true;					
				}
				else {
					//document.getElementById('errormsg').style.display = 'none';
					//$('#languageSellabel').removeClass('listmenu').addClass('futura');
					country = false;
					error = false;					
				}	
				if (checkBlank($('#languageSel').val())==false || ($('#languageSel').val()==0)) {
						
					//$('#languageSellabel').addClass('error');						
					if(error==false)
					$('#languageSel').focus();
					language = true;
					error = true;
				}
				else {
					//document.getElementById('errormsg').style.display = 'none';
					//$('#languageSellabel').removeClass('listmenu').addClass('futura');
					language = false;
					error = false;
				}					
			
		
				if(country==false && language==false) {						
					document.sellanguage.submit();										
				} else {
					document.getElementById('errormsg').style.display = 'block';	
					return false;
				}				
			});	
		});