/* original version  function SetCookie(cookieName,cookieValue,nDays) {
 var today = new Date();
 var expire = new Date();
 if (nDays==null || nDays==0) nDays=1;
 expire.setTime(today.getTime() + 3600000*24*nDays);
 document.cookie = cookieName+"="+escape(cookieValue)
                 + ";expires="+expire.toGMTString();
}
**/

function SetCookie(cookieName,cookieValue,nDays, path, domain, secure) {
 var today = new Date();
 var expire = new Date();
 if (nDays==null || nDays==0) nDays=1;
 expire.setTime(today.getTime() + 3600000*24*nDays);
 cookie_string = cookieName+"="+escape(cookieValue)
                 + ";expires="+expire.toGMTString();
 if ( path )
        cookie_string += "; path=" + escape ( path );
	else
		cookie_string += "; path=" + '/';
  if ( domain )
        cookie_string += "; domain=" + escape ( domain );
    if ( secure )
        cookie_string += "; secure";
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
}

/* new version root function set_cookie ( name, value, exp_y, exp_m, exp_d, path, domain, secure )
{
  var cookie_string = name + "=" + escape ( value );

  if ( exp_y )
  {
    var expires = new Date ( exp_y, exp_m, exp_d );
    cookie_string += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
  }
  if ( path )
        cookie_string += "; path=" + escape ( path );
  if ( domain )
        cookie_string += "; domain=" + escape ( domain );
    if ( secure )
        cookie_string += "; secure";
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
}  */


function ReadCookie(cookieName) {
 var theCookie=""+document.cookie;
 var ind=theCookie.indexOf(cookieName);
 if (ind==-1 || cookieName=="") return ""; 
 var ind1=theCookie.indexOf(';',ind);
 if (ind1==-1) ind1=theCookie.length; 
 return unescape(theCookie.substring(ind+cookieName.length+1,ind1));
}
function DeleteCookie(name){
document.cookie = name +
'=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT;';
}