function searchpopup(url,name,width,height) {
window.open(url,name,"toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width="+width+",height="+height);
}
function SubmitSearch() {
window.open("http://search.novartis.com","SearchWindow","toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,width=750,height=525");
document.NovartisSearch.target="SearchWindow";
document.NovartisSearch.submit();
}

function trim(str) 
{  if(str.charAt(0) == " ")
  {  str = trim(str.substring(1));
  }
  if (str.charAt(str.length-1) == " ")
  {  str = trim(str.substring(0,str.length-1));
  }
  return str;
}

function searchfield()
{ 
var search = (document.getElementById("searchkey")).value; 
search = trim(search); 
var match = /[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(search); 
    if (match) { 
     var rep = search.replace(/[\#\$\&\^\*\%\!\@\~\+\(\)]/g, ""); 
// var rep = search.replace(search,""); 
if(rep==""){
      rep = "@";
}
document.searchform["searchkeynew"].value = rep;  
    }else{
document.searchform["searchkeynew"].value = search;
}

}