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


function getCookie ( 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;
}


function setCookie ( name, value ) {
//alert ( "setCookie name=" + name + "  value=" + value);
/*	var argv = setCookie.arguments;
	var argc = setCookie.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;
	var strr = name + "=" + escape(value) ;//+
/*
		((expires == null ) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expires.toGMTString())) +
		((path   == null ) ? "" : ("; path="   + path )) +
		((domain == null ) ? "" : ("; domain=" + domain ));// +
*/      
	//	((secure == null ) ? "" : ("; secure=" + secure ));
	document.cookie = strr;
}

function showCookie() {
	alert ( document.cookie);
}

function deleteCookie(name) {
    var exp = new Date();
 //   FixCookieDate (exp);
    exp.setTime (exp.getTime() - 1);
    var cval = getCookie (name);
    if (cval != null)
    document.cookie = name + "=" + cval + "; expires=" + exp.toGMTString();
}

function deleteCookies () {
alert("you need to redo delete cookies");
	for  ( var l=0; l<nMax; l++ ) {
      deleteCookie(item[l].ID);
	}
   window.location.reload();
}