function createCookie(name,value)
{
  var argv = createCookie.arguments;
  var argc = createCookie.arguments.length;
  var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
  var path = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
  var domain = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
  var secure = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) +
  ((expires == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires)) +
  ((path == null) ? "" : ("; path=" + path)) +
  ((domain == null) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain)) +
  ((secure == true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function getCookieVal (offset) {
  var endstr = document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
  if (endstr == -1)
    endstr = document.cookie.length;
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}

function readCookie(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;
    if (i == 0)
      break;
  }
  return null;
}