// JavaScript Document
jQuery.preloadImages = function()
{
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
  {
    jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
}

$(document).ready(function() { 
	$.preloadImages("images/loading.gif");
    var options = { 
        target:        '#sendStatus',   // target element(s) to be updated with server response 
        beforeSubmit:  showRequest,  // pre-submit callback 
        success:       showResponse  // post-submit callback 
    }; 
    // bind form using 'ajaxForm' 
    $('#form').ajaxForm(options); 
}); 
 
// pre-submit callback 
function showRequest(formData, jqForm, options) { 
    // formData is an array; here we use $.param to convert it to a string to display it 
    // but the form plugin does this for you automatically when it submits the data 
    var queryString = $.param(formData); 
	for (var i=0; i < formData.length; i++) { 
        if (!formData[i].value) { 
            alert('Please enter a value for all fields!'); 
            return false; 
        } 
    } 
    // jqForm is a jQuery object encapsulating the form element.  To access the 
    // DOM element for the form do this: 
    // var formElement = jqForm[0]; 
	$("#sendStatus input").fadeOut('fast');
	$("#sending").fadeIn('fast');
    // here we could return false to prevent the form from being submitted; 
    // returning anything other than false will allow the form submit to continue 
    return true; 
} 
 
// post-submit callback 
function showResponse(responseText, statusText)  { 
    // for normal html responses, the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseText property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'xml' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the XMLHttpRequest object's responseXML property 
 
    // if the ajaxForm method was passed an Options Object with the dataType 
    // property set to 'json' then the first argument to the success callback 
    // is the json data object returned by the server 
	
	
} 
