$('#pmForm').submit(function(){$('input[type=submit]', this).attr('disabled', 'disabled');});

function sendPM ( ) {

      var pmSubject = $("#pmSubject");

 var pmTextArea = $("#pmTextArea");

 var sendername = $("#pm_sender_name");

 var senderid = $("#pm_sender_id");

 var recName = $("#pm_rec_name");

 var recID = $("#pm_rec_id");

 var pm_wipit = $("#pmWipit");

 var url = "php_parsers/private_msg_parse.php";

      if (pmSubject.val() == "") {

           $("#interactionResults").html('<img src="images/round_error.png" alt="Error" width="31" height="30" /> &nbsp; Please type a subject.').show().fadeOut(6000);

      } else if (pmTextArea.val() == "") {

  $("#interactionResults").html('<img src="images/round_error.png" alt="Error" width="31" height="30" /> &nbsp; Please type in your message.').show().fadeOut(6000);

      } else {

  $("#pmFormProcessGif").show();

  $.post(url,{ subject: pmSubject.val(), message: pmTextArea.val(), senderName: sendername.val(), senderID: senderid.val(), rcpntName: recName.val(), rcpntID: recID.val(), thisWipit: pm_wipit.val() } ,           

  function(data) {

  $('#private_message').slideUp("fast");

  $("#interactionResults").html(data).show().fadeOut(10000);

  document.pmForm.pmTextArea.value='';

  document.pmForm.pmSubject.value='';

  $("#pmFormProcessGif").hide();

           });

 }

}