function ValidateSearch(theForm) {

		    if (theForm.s.value == "") {
    			theForm.s.focus();
    			return (false);
  			}
			if (theForm.s.value.length < 3 ) {
			    alert("Please enter at least 3 characters in the \"Search\" field.");
    			theForm.s.focus();
    			return (false);
  			}
			if (theForm.s.value != "" ) {
  				var checkOK = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789-+' ";
  				var checkStr = theForm.s.value;
  				var allValid = true;
  				for (i = 0;  i < checkStr.length;  i++) {
    				ch = checkStr.charAt(i);
    				for (j = 0;  j < checkOK.length;  j++)
      				if (ch == checkOK.charAt(j))
        			break;
    				if (j == checkOK.length) {
      					allValid = false;
      					break;
    				}
				}
				theForm.s.value = checkStr;
  				if (!allValid) {
    				alert("Please enter only letters and numbers in the \"Search\" field.");
    				theForm.s.focus();
    				return (false);
  				}
			}			
	return (true);
	
}