function removeSpaces(obj) {
		while (obj.value.match(" ")){
				obj.value = obj.value.replace(" ", "");
		}
}

function correctForeignChars(obj) {
	if (obj == null || obj.value == "") return obj;
	
	var tmp = new String(obj.value);
	var a = /ä|à|å|á/g ;
	var ae =/æ|â/g ;
	var c = /ç/g
	var e = /é|ê|ë|è/g ;
	var i = /ï|î|ì|í/g ;
	var n = /ñ/g ;
	var o = /ô|ò|ó/g ;
	var oe= /ö/g ;
	var ss= /ß/g ; 
	var u = /û|ù|ú/g ;
	var ue = /ü/g ;
	var y = /ÿ/g ;
	
	var A = /Å/g ;
	var Ae = /Ä/g ;
	var AE = /Æ/g ;
	var C = /Ç/g ;
	var E = /É/g ;
	var N = /Ñ/g ;
	var Oe = /Ö/g ;
	var Ue = /Ü/g ;
	
	tmp = tmp.replace(a, "a");
	tmp = tmp.replace(ae, "ae");
	tmp = tmp.replace(c, "c");
	tmp = tmp.replace(e, "e");
	tmp = tmp.replace(i, "i");
	tmp = tmp.replace(n, "n");
	tmp = tmp.replace(o, "o");
	tmp = tmp.replace(oe, "oe");
	tmp = tmp.replace(ss, "ss");
	tmp = tmp.replace(u, "u");
	tmp = tmp.replace(ue, "ue");
	tmp = tmp.replace(y, "y");
	
	tmp = tmp.replace(A, "A");
	tmp = tmp.replace(AE, "AE");
	tmp = tmp.replace(Ae, "Ae");
	tmp = tmp.replace(C, "C");
	tmp = tmp.replace(E, "E");
	tmp = tmp.replace(N, "N");
	tmp = tmp.replace(Oe, "Oe");
	tmp = tmp.replace(Ue, "Ue");
	
	obj.value = tmp;
}