function confirmSubmit() {
    if(searchForm.CiRestriction.value == ""){
	alert ("You Must Enter A Search Criteria");
	return false;
	}
}

document.write('<FORM Name="searchForm" ACTION="/Search/elmiraboard.idq" METHOD="GET" target="blank">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="CiRestriction" SIZE=20 MAXLENGTH="100" VALUE=""><br>'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CiScope" VALUE="/minutes/">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CiMaxRecordsPerPage" VALUE="20">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="TemplateName" VALUE="elmiraboard">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="CiSort" VALUE="rank[d]">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="HIDDEN" NAME="HTMLQueryForm" VALUE="/boardminutes.cfm">'
+ '<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="Search Minutes" style="margin: 10px; padding:0px;" onclick="return confirmSubmit()">'
+ '</FORM>');