function checkform ( form )
{
  if (form.item1.value == "yahoo") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "google") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://www.google.com/search?q="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "msn") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?FORM=MSNH&srch_type=0&q="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "lycos") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://search.lycos.com/default.asp?loc=searchbox&tab=web&query="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "open") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://search.dmoz.org/cgi-bin/search?search="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "imdb") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://www.imdb.com/find?q="+form.med.value;
   
  }
  if (form.item1.value == "define") {
    parent.result.window.location="http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q="+form.med.value;
   
  }
 if (form.item1.value == "EMPTY") {
    alert( "Please select a Search Engine from the drop down selection" );
    form.item1.focus();
    return false ;
  }
  return true ;
}