function Get_Cookie(name) {
    var start = document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");
    var len = start+name.length+1;
    if ((!start) && (name != document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))) return null;
    if (start == -1) return null;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);
    if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
    return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end));
}

function Set_Cookie(name,value,expires,path,domain,secure) {
    document.cookie = name + "=" +escape(value) +
        ( (expires) ? ";expires=" + expires.toGMTString() : "") +
        ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") + 
        ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
        ( (secure) ? ";secure" : "");
}

function Delete_Cookie(name,path,domain) {
    if (Get_Cookie(name)) document.cookie = name + "=" +
       ( (path) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
       ( (domain) ? ";domain=" + domain : "") +
       ";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT";
}

var today = new Date();

var expires_date = new Date(today.getYear(),
	//today.getMonth(),today.getDate()+1,today.getHours(),today.getMinutes(),0); // cookie expires today +1 (now + 24 hrs)
	today.getMonth(),today.getDate()+1,00,0000,0); // cookie expires tomorrow at midnight (now + 24 hrs)

function storeMasterCookie() {
    if (!Get_Cookie('MasterCookie'))
        Set_Cookie('MasterCookie','MasterCookie');
}

function storeIntelligentCookie(name,value) {
    if (Get_Cookie('MasterCookie')) {
        var IntelligentCookie = Get_Cookie(name);
        if ((!IntelligentCookie) || (IntelligentCookie != value)) {
            Set_Cookie(name,value,expires_date,"/");
            var IntelligentCookie = Get_Cookie(name);
            if ((!IntelligentCookie) || (IntelligentCookie != value))
                Delete_Cookie('MasterCookie');
        }
    }
}

function areCookiesSupported()
{
 /* check for a cookie */
  if (document.cookie == "") 
  {
    /* if a cookie is not found - alert user -
     change cookieexists field value to false */
    return false;

    /* If the user has Cookies disabled an alert will let him know 
        that cookies need to be enabled to log on.*/ 
  } else {
   /* this sets the value to true and nothing else will happen,
       the user will be able to log on*/
    return true;
  }	
}
//Create a temporary cookie - BML testing 13-may-02
document.cookie = 'killme' + escape('nothing');

var src_loaded = true;