function ignoreSpaces(string) {
var temp = "";
string = '' + string;
splitstring = string.split(" ");
for(i = 0; i < splitstring.length; i++)
temp += splitstring[i];
return temp;
}		


function remove_XS_whitespace(item)
{
  var tmp = "";
  var item_length = item.value.length;
  var item_length_minus_1 = item.value.length - 1;
  for (index = 0; index < item_length; index++)
  {
    if (item.value.charAt(index) != ' ')
    {
      tmp += item.value.charAt(index);
    }
    else
    {
      if (tmp.length > 0)
      {
        if (item.value.charAt(index+1) != ' ' && index != item_length_minus_1)
        {
          tmp += item.value.charAt(index);
        }
      }
    }
  }
  item.value = tmp;
}

function changeCase(frmObj) {
var index;
var tmpStr;
var tmpChar;
var preString;
var postString;
var strlen;
tmpStr = frmObj.value.toLowerCase();
strLen = tmpStr.length;
if (strLen > 0)  {
for (index = 0; index < strLen; index++)  {
if (index == 0)  {
tmpChar = tmpStr.substring(0,1).toUpperCase();
postString = tmpStr.substring(1,strLen);
tmpStr = tmpChar + postString;
}
else {
tmpChar = tmpStr.substring(index, index+1);
if (tmpChar == " " && index < (strLen-1))  {
tmpChar = tmpStr.substring(index+1, index+2).toUpperCase();
preString = tmpStr.substring(0, index+1);
postString = tmpStr.substring(index+2,strLen);
tmpStr = preString + tmpChar + postString;
         }
      }
   }
}
frmObj.value = tmpStr;
}