//---------------------------------------------------------------------||
// FUNCTION:    GetCookie                                              ||
// PARAMETERS:  Name                                                   ||
// RETURNS:     Value in Cookie                                        ||
// PURPOSE:     Retrieves cookie from users browser                    ||
//---------------------------------------------------------------------||
function GetCookie (name) {
   var arg = name + "=";
   var alen = arg.length;
   var clen = document.cookie.length;
   var i = 0;

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

   return(null);
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------||
// FUNCTION:    getCookieVal                                           ||
// PARAMETERS:  offset                                                 ||
// RETURNS:     URL unescaped Cookie Value                             ||
// PURPOSE:     Get a specific value from a cookie                     ||
//---------------------------------------------------------------------||
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                                              ||
// PARAMETERS:  name, value, expiration date, path, domain, security   ||
// RETURNS:     Null                                                   ||
// PURPOSE:     Stores a cookie in the users browser                   ||
//---------------------------------------------------------------------||
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" : "");
}