<!--
  function Cookie(document, name, hours, path){
    this.$document = document;
    this.$name = name;
    if (hours == null)
      this.$expiration = null
    else
      this.$expiration = new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours* 3600000);
    this.$path = path;
    this.$domain = null;
    this.$secure = null;
  }
  
  function _Cookie_store(){
    var cookieval = '';
    for (var prop in this){
      if ((prop.charAt(0) == '$') || ((typeof this[prop]) == 'function')) continue;
      if (cookieval != '') cookieval +='&';
      cookieval += prop +':'+escape(this[prop]); 
    }
    var cookie = this.$name+'='+cookieval;
    if (this.$expiration)
      cookie += '; expires='+ this.$expiration.toGMTString();
    cookie += '; path='+this.$path;
    this.$document.cookie = cookie;  
  }
  
  function _Cookie_load(){
    var allcookies = this.$document.cookie;
    if (allcookies == '') return false;
    var start = allcookies.indexOf(this.$name +'=');
    if (start == -1) return false;
    start += this.$name.length + 1;
    var end = allcookies.indexOf(';', start);
    if (end == -1) end = allcookies.length;
    var cookieval = allcookies.substring(start,end);
    var a = cookieval.split('&');
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
      a[i] = a[i].split(':');
    }
    for (var i = 0; i < a.length; i++){
      this[a[i][0]] = unescape(a[i][1]);
    }
    return true;   
  }

  function _Cookie_remove(){
    var cookie;
    cookie = this.$name +'=';
    if (this.$path) cookie += '; path=' +this.$path;
    if (this.$domain) cookie += '; domain='+this.$domain;
    cookie += ';expires=Fri,02-Jan-1970 00:00:00 GMT';
    this.$document.cookie = cookie;
  }

// -->