// JScript File
// To use, simple do: Get_Cookie('cookie_name'); 
    // replace cookie_name with the real cookie name, '' are required 
    function Get_Cookie( check_name ) { 
       // first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs 
       // note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components 
       var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' ); 
       var a_temp_cookie = ''; 
       var cookie_name = ''; 
       var cookie_value = ''; 
       var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f 
        
       for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ ) 
       { 
          // now we'll split apart each name=value pair 
          a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' ); 
           
           
          // and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it 
          cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, ''); 
        
          // if the extracted name matches passed check_name 
          if ( cookie_name == check_name ) 
          { 
             b_cookie_found = true; 
             // we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is): 
             if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 ) 
             { 
                cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') ); 
             } 
             // note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned 
             return cookie_value; 
             break; 
          } 
          a_temp_cookie = null; 
          cookie_name = ''; 
       } 
       if ( !b_cookie_found ) 
       { 
          return null; 
       } 
    } 

    /* 
    only the first 2 parameters are required, the cookie name, the cookie 
    value. Cookie time is in milliseconds, so the below expires will make the 
    number you pass in the Set_Cookie function call the number of days the cookie 
    lasts, if you want it to be hours or minutes, just get rid of 24 and 60. 

    Generally you don't need to worry about domain, path or secure for most applications 
    so unless you need that, leave those parameters blank in the function call. 
    */ 
    function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) 
    //function Set_Cookie( name, value)
    { 
        //debugger;
       // set time, it's in milliseconds 
       var today = new Date(); 
       today.setTime( today.getTime() ); 
       // if the expires variable is set, make the correct expires time, the 
       // current script below will set it for x number of days, to make it 
       // for hours, delete * 24, for minutes, delete * 60 * 24 
       if ( expires ) 
       { 
          expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; 
       } 
       //alert( 'today ' + today.toGMTString() );// this is for testing purpose only 
       var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) ); 
       //alert('expires ' + expires_date.toGMTString());// this is for testing purposes only 

       document.cookie = name + "=" +escape( value ) + 
          ( ( expires ) ? ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString() 
          ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
          ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) + 
          ( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" ); 
    } 

    // this deletes the cookie when called 
    function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) { 
       if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + "=" + 
             ( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") + 
             ( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) + 
             ";expires=Thu, 17-Jun-2009 00:00:01 GMT"; 
    }