// JavaScript Document


// set form dropdown indexes
	function getSelectedIndex(obj){
		return document.getElementById(obj).selectedIndex
		}

	function setSelectedIndex(obj, index){
		document.getElementById(obj).selectedIndex = parseInt(index)
		}

	function getCheckedState(obj){
		return document.getElementById(obj).checked
		}

	function setCheckedState(obj,state){
		state = state == 'true' ? 'checked' : ''
		alert([obj.id,state])
		document.getElementById(obj).checked = state
		}

// Example:
// alert( readCookie("myCookie") );
function readCookie(name)
	{
	var cookieValue = "";
	var search = name + "=";
	if(document.cookie.length > 0){ 
		offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search);
		if (offset != -1)
			{ 
			offset += search.length;
			end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset);
			if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
			cookieValue = unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
			}
		}
	return cookieValue;
	}

// Example:
// writeCookie("myCookie", "my name", 24);
// Stores the string "my name" in the cookie "myCookie" which expires after 24 hours.
function writeCookie(name, value, hours)
	{
	var expire = "";
	if(hours != null)
		{
		expire = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours * 3600000);
		expire = "; expires=" + expire.toGMTString();
		}
	document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + expire;
	}