function VGRemoveAllWhiteSpace (sIn) {
   var re = /\S/   // single non-white-space char
   var temp = ""
   var l = sIn.length
   for (i = 0; i<l; i++) {
      chr = sIn.charAt(i)
      if (re.test(chr)) { 
         temp += chr
      }
   }
   return temp;
}