/* DISCLAIMER: THESE JAVASCRIPT FUNCTIONS ARE SUPPLIED 'AS IS', WITH NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED. YOU USE THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK. NEITHER PAUL STEPHENS NOR PC PLUS MAGAZINE ACCEPTS ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE RESULTING FROM THEIR USE, HOWEVER CAUSED. Paul Stephens' NetScape-based cookie-handling library http://web.ukonline.co.uk/paul.stephens/index.htm TO USE THIS LIBRARY, INSERT ITS CONTENTS IN A BLOCK IN THE SECTION OF YOUR WEB PAGE SOURCE, BEFORE ANY OTHER JAVASCRIPT ROUTINES. Feel free to use this code, but please leave this comment block in. */ // SetCookie( 'mycookie', 'visited 9 times', 30, '/') function setCookie (name, value, lifespan, access_path) { var cookietext = name + "=" + escape(value) if (lifespan != null) { var today=new Date() var expiredate = new Date() expiredate.setTime(today.getTime() + 1000*60*60*24*lifespan) cookietext += "; expires=" + expiredate.toGMTString() } if (access_path != null) { cookietext += "; PATH="+access_path } document.cookie = cookietext return null } function setDatedCookie(name, value, expire, access_path) { var cookietext = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expire == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expire.toGMTString())) if (access_path != null) { cookietext += "; PATH="+access_path } document.cookie = cookietext return null } function getCookie(Name) { var search = Name + "=" var CookieString = document.cookie var result = null if (CookieString.length > 0) { offset = CookieString.indexOf(search) if (offset != -1) { offset += search.length end = CookieString.indexOf(";", offset) if (end == -1) end = CookieString.length result = unescape(CookieString.substring(offset, end)) } } return result } function deleteCookie(Name, Path) { setCookie(Name,"Deleted", -1, Path) }