jQuery.noConflict();

// prepare the form when the DOM is ready 
jQuery(document).ready(function() {
    var options = {
        target:        '#loanFormOutput',   // target element(s) to be updated with server response 
        beforeSubmit:  showRequest,  // pre-submit callback 
        success:       showResponse  // post-submit callback 
 
        // other available options: 
        //url:       'loanclient.php'         // override for form's 'action' attribute 
        //type:      type        // 'get' or 'post', override for form's 'method' attribute 
        //dataType:  null        // 'xml', 'script', or 'json' (expected server response type) 
        //clearForm: true        // clear all form fields after successful submit 
        //resetForm: true        // reset the form after successful submit 
 
        // $.ajax options can be used here too, for example: 
        //timeout:   3000 
    };

    jQuery('#submit').removeAttr('disabled');
    // bind to the form's submit event 
    jQuery('#loanForm').submit(function() {
        // inside event callbacks 'this' is the DOM element so we first 
        // wrap it in a jQuery object and then invoke ajaxSubmit 
        jQuery(this).ajaxSubmit(options);

        // !!! Important !!! 
        // always return false to prevent standard browser submit and page navigation 
        return false;
    });
});

// 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 = jQuery.param(formData);


 	jQuery('#submit').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
 	jQuery('#submit').attr('value', 'please wait');
 	//jQuery('#loanFormOutput').css('opacity', '0.25'); 
    //alert('About to submit: \n\n' + queryString); 
 
    // 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 
    //alert(jQuery('#error').style.display);
 	
 	//jQuery('#formplace').hide();
 	jQuery('#submit').removeAttr('disabled');
	if ( jQuery('#step').val() == 1 )
 	{
		jQuery('#submit').attr('value', 'Go To Step 2');
	}
	else
	{
		jQuery('#submit').attr('value', 'Submit Form');
	}
 	
 	if ( !jQuery('#event').attr('value') )
 	{
 		jQuery('#submit').remove();
 	}
 	//jQuery('#loanFormOutput').css('opacity', '1'); 
    //alert('status: ' + statusText + '\n\nresponseText: \n' + responseText + 
        //'\n\nThe output div should have already been updated with the responseText.'); 
}