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

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 setCookie (name, value)
{
	var argv = setCookie.arguments;
	var argc = setCookie.arguments.length;
	var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
	var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
	var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
	var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +
    ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
    ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
    ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
    ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}