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
	var i = 0;
	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;
	}
}

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() : "" ) + //expires.toGMTString()
		( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "" ) + 
		( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
		( ( secure ) ? ";secure" : "" );
}

// this deletes the cookie when called
function Delete_Cookie( name, path, domain ) {
	name = name.toLowerCase();
	if ( Get_Cookie( name ) ) 
		document.cookie = name + "=" +
			( ( path ) ? ";path=" + path : "") +
			( ( domain ) ? ";domain=" + domain : "" ) +
			";expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT"; 
}

function Get_XCookie (p_key, p_subkey)
{ 
	p_key = p_key.toLowerCase();
	p_subkey = p_subkey.toLowerCase();
	var	thevalue = "";
	var thecookie = Get_Cookie (p_key);
	if (thecookie!=null)
	{	startpos = thecookie.indexOf("["+p_subkey+"=");
		if (startpos >= 0)
		{	endpos = thecookie.indexOf("]", startpos++);
			if (endpos < 0)
			{	thevalue = "";	}
			else
			{	thevalue = thecookie.substring(startpos+p_subkey.length+1,endpos);	}
		}
	}
	return thevalue;
}

function Set_XCookie (p_key, p_subkey, p_value)
{
	var thecookie = "";
	if ((p_key!="")&&(p_subkey!=""))
	{
		p_key = p_key.toLowerCase();
		p_subkey = p_subkey.toLowerCase();
		
		var thesubcookie = "["+p_subkey+"="+p_value+"]";
		thecookie = Get_Cookie (p_key);
		if (thecookie==null)
		{	thecookie = thesubcookie;	}
		else
		{	
			pos = thecookie.indexOf("["+p_subkey+"=");
			if (pos < 0)
			{	thecookie += thesubcookie;	}
			else
			{	endpos = thecookie.indexOf("]",(pos+1));
				if (endpos > 0)
				{	newcookie = thecookie.substring(0, pos) + thesubcookie + thecookie.substring(endpos+1);
					thecookie = newcookie; 
				}
			}
		}
		Set_Cookie (p_key, thecookie, 10, "/");
	}
}

function Delete_XCookie(p_key, p_subkey)
{
	p_key = (p_key==null?"":p_key);
	p_subkey = (p_subkey==null?"":p_subkey);
	
	p_key = p_key.toLowerCase();
	p_subkey = p_subkey.toLowerCase();

	if ((p_key!="")&&(p_subkey!=""))
	{
		var thecookie = Get_Cookie (p_key);
		if (thecookie!=null)
		{
			startpos = thecookie.indexOf("["+p_subkey+"=");
			if (startpos >= 0)
			{
				endpos = thecookie.indexOf("]",(startpos+1))
				if (endpos >= 0)
				{	newcookie = thecookie.substring(0, startpos) + thecookie.substring(endpos+1);
					Set_Cookie (p_key, newcookie, 10, "/");
				}
			}
		}
	}
}