//* switches spaces to whatever is passed in

function switchSpaces(theField,theReplacement,theMax) {
//*  var nField = theField.value.length;
  var nField = theMax * 1;
  if (nField == 0){
	 nField = theField.value.length;}
  var strField = theField.value;
  var strReplaced = theReplacement;
  var strTemp = "";
  var c = "";
  for (i = 0; i < nField; i++) {
	c = strField.charAt(i);
	if (c == " "){
//	alert("Replace with : " + strTemp+strReplaced);
		strTemp += strReplaced;
	}else{
	  if (((c >= "a") && (c <= "z")) || ((c >= "A") && (c <= "Z")) || ((c >= "0") && (c <= "9")) || (c == "_"))
         {strTemp += c;}
	}
  }
  return strTemp;
}