var expDays = 300;
var exp = new Date(); 
exp.setTime(exp.getTime() + (expDays*24*60*60*1000));

function CookiesAreEnabled () {
	SetCookie ('test', 'test')
	var c = GetCookie ('test')
	DeleteCookie ('test')
	return c == null ? false : true
}

function CookiesNotEnabled () {
	return !CookiesAreEnabled()
}

function oldDeleteCookie (name) {  
// no work with NS
	var exp = new Date();  
	exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);   
	var cval = GetCookie (name);  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}


//<script>
//HTMLDocument.prototype.__defineGetter__("cookie",function (){return "sorry";});
//alert(document.cookie);
// 

//</script>


function Set_Cookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
{
// 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;
}
var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

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

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;
	}
}
	
// 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, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT";
}


function SetCookie(name, value) {
//alert (name)
	$.cookie(name, value, { expires: 100, path: '/'});
}

function SetSessionCookie(name, value) {
	$.cookie(name, value , {path: '/'});
}

function GetCookie(name) {
	return $.cookie(name);
}

function DeleteCookie(name) {
	$.cookie(name, null);
}

/*
function old_SetCookie (name, value) {  
	return Set_Cookie (name, value, 1, "/", "", "")
	
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString() + "; path=/"  
}

function oldS_etSessionCookie (name, value) {  
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) +	"; path=/" 
}

function old_GetCookie(name) {
		return Get_Cookie(name);
		
        var dc = document.cookie;
        var begin = dc.indexOf(name);
        var end = (dc.indexOf(";", begin) == -1) ? dc.length : dc.indexOf(";", begin);

        return unescape(dc.substring((begin + (name.length + 1)), end));
}

function oldGetCookie (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; // move to next cookie
		if (i == 0) 
			break;   
	}  
	return null;
}
*/
function getCookieVal(offset) {
	var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
	if (endstr == -1)
		endstr = document.cookie.length;
	return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}