//====== Cookies.js =======
//Provides functions for creating or retrieving cookies
//within a browser

	//Get a cookie from the browser
	function getCookie(c_name)
	{
	if (document.cookie.length>0)
	  {
	  c_start=document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
	  if (c_start!=-1)
	    { 
	    c_start=c_start + c_name.length+1 ;
	    c_end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",c_start);
	    if (c_end==-1) c_end=document.cookie.length
	    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start,c_end));
	    } 
	  }
	  return ""
	}
	
	//Set a cookie in the browser
	function setCookie(c_name, value, expiredays)
	{
		var exdate=new Date();
		exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
		document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : "; expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
	}
