function showSuccessMessage(message){
		if(message != null && message != 'null' && message.length > 0) {
			$('#mini-notification-success').find('p').html(message);	
			$('#mini-notification-success').miniNotification({closeButton: true, closeButtonText: '[hide]'});
		}
	}
	function showSuccessMessageIndex(message){
		if(message != null && message != 'null' && message.length > 0) {
			$('#mini-notification-success').find('p').html(message);	
			$('#mini-notification-success').miniNotification({closeButton: true, closeButtonText: '[hide]'});
			$('#mini-notification-success').css("display","block");
		}
	}
	function showFailureMessage(message){
		if(message != null && message != 'null' && message.length > 0) {
			$('#mini-notification-error').find('p').html(message);	
			$('#mini-notification-error').miniNotification({closeButton: true, closeButtonText: '[hide]'});
		}
	}
	
	function resetValues(formElement, event) {
		
		/* If mouse right button was clicked then don't reset the form fields */
		if(event.button === 2) {
			return false;
		}
		/* Clearing the inline validation error messages */
		if($("#error").is(':visible')) {
			$(error).remove();
		}
		$("div").remove('.errorInline');
		/* Reset the values of form fields */
		$(formElement).find(':input').not(':hidden, :submit, :button, :reset').each(function() {
			switch(this.type) {
				case 'password':
				case 'select-multiple':
					$(this).prop('selectedIndex',0);
					$('.bootstrap-duallistbox-container .removeall').trigger('click'); // to clear the values for "bootstrapDualListbox"
					break;
				case 'select-one':
					$(this).prop('selectedIndex',0).trigger('change');
					break;
				case 'text':
					$(this).val('').prop('defaultValue','');
					break;
				case 'textarea':
				case 'checkbox':
				case 'radio':
			}
		});

		/* Make the focus on the first element when reset completes */
		$("input[type='text'],[type='password']").not('hidden').first().focus();
		return false;
	}

	function displayClientTime(date){
		// getHours returns the hours in local time zone from 0 to 23
		var hours = date.getHours()
		// getMinutes returns the minutes in local time zone from 0 to 59
		var minutes =  date.getMinutes()
		var meridiem = " AM"
		// convert to 12-hour time format
		if (hours > 12) {
		  hours = hours - 12
		  meridiem = ' PM'
		}
		else if (hours === 0){
		  hours = 12
		}
		// minutes should always be two digits long
		if (minutes < 10) {
		  minutes = "0" + minutes.toString()
		}
		return hours + ':' + minutes + meridiem
	 }
	 
	 function checkBlankOrEmpty(value, element) {
		var elementType = element.tagName.toLowerCase();
		switch(elementType) {
			case 'select':
				return (element.value != elementType) && (element.value != '') ;
				break;
			case 'password':
				break;
			case 'text':
				return (element.value != '')
				break;
			case 'textarea':
				return (element.value != '')
				break;
			case 'checkbox':
				break;
			case 'radio':
				break;
			default:
				break;
		}
	 }

	function measurePasswordStrength(password,username)
	{
		//Password should contain characters, numbers and special characters with length between 8 to 32
		var passwordRegExp = /^(?=.*\d)(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[@%+\\/'!#$^?:.(){}\[\]~_\-])(?!.*\s)^([\w@%+\\/'!#$^?:.(){}\[\]~_\-]{8,32})$/;
		var emailCharacterPattern = /([@])/;
		
		// If password contains content of email splitted based on the delimiter '@' , then return false. 
		// This requirement is not applicable for clientAdmin so not implementing this.
		
		//Password and username should not be same and Username should not be part of password.
		if (password.toUpperCase() == username.toUpperCase() || password.toUpperCase().indexOf(username.toUpperCase()) >= 0 && username.length > 0 ) {
				return false;
		}
		
		
		//if the password length is less than 8, return false.
		if (password.length < 8) { 
			return false;
		}
		//if the password length is greater than 32, return false.
		if (password.length > 32) { 
			return false; 
		}
		
		if (!passwordRegExp.test(password)) {
			return false;
		}
		
		return true;
						
	}

	/* This function is to redirect a user to a specified location provided in the url parameter */
	function redirectUser(url, event) {
        /* If mouse right button was clicked then don't reset the form fields */
        if(event.button ==2) {
            return false;
        }
        window.location.href=url;
    }
	
	function goToDashboard(el,hrefContent){
		let selectedDate = sessionStorage.getItem("selectedDate");
		let testcenterId = sessionStorage.getItem("testcenterId");
		let selectedSession = sessionStorage.getItem("selectedSession");
		let destination=hrefContent+'?fromDatePicker='+ selectedDate +'&TestCenterName='+ testcenterId +'&Sessions=' + selectedSession;
		$(el).attr('href',destination);
		return false;
	}
	
	/* this method will refresh the parant page and load current content */
	function reloadParentPageContent() {	
		window.close();
		window.opener.location.reload();
	}