// cookie functions
// from c|net



function getCookie(name) {
    var arg = name + "=";
    var alen = arg.length;
    var clen = document.cookie.length;
    var i = 0;
    var retval = null;
    while (i < clen) { 
	var j = i + alen;
	if (document.cookie.substring(i, j) == arg)
	    retval = getCookieVal (j);
	i = document.cookie.indexOf(" ", i) + 1;
	if (i == 0) break; 
    } 
    return retval;
}

function getCookieVal(offset) {
    var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
    if (endstr == -1) endstr = document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function setCookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
	((expires) ? "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
	((path) ? "; path=" + path : "") +
	((domain) ? "; domain=" + domain : "") +
	((secure) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function deleteCookie( name ) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" + "deleted; expires=Tuesday, 01-Apr-1994 07:00:00 EST";
}