// Cookie handling 
    var Cookie =
    {
        read: function (name)
        {
            var arrCookies = document.cookie.split ('; ');
            for (var i=0; i<arrCookies.length; i++)
            {
                var arrCookie = arrCookies[i].split ('=');
                
                if (arrCookie[0] == name)
                {
                    return decodeURIComponent (arrCookie[1]);
                }
            }
            return false;
        },
    
        write: function (name, value, expires, path)
        {
            if (expires)
            {
                var date = new Date ();
                date.setTime (date.getTime () + (((((expires * 24) * 60) * 60) * 1000)));
                expires = '; expires=' + date.toGMTString ();
            }
            else expires = '';
    
            if (!path) path = '/';
    
            document.cookie = name+'='+encodeURIComponent (value)+expires+'; path='+path;
        },
    
        remove: function (name)
        {
            this.write (name, '', -1);
        }
    }
    
    // Detects if can set a cookie in the browser
    function browserSupportsCookies()
    {
        Cookie.write('cookiesEnabled', 1);
        var boolCookiesEnabled = Cookie.read('cookiesEnabled');
        Cookie.remove('cookiesEnabled');
        if (boolCookiesEnabled != 1)
        {
            return false;
        }
        return true;
    }


    
    // Detects if the browser supports Ajax 
    function browserSupportsAjax()
    {
        if (typeof XMLHttpRequest == "undefined" && typeof ActiveXObject == "undefined" && window.createRequest == "undefined")
        {
            return false;
        }
        return true
    }
    
    // Detects if the browser can use ActiveX if necessary
    function ActiveXEnabledOrUnnecessary ()
    {
        if (typeof ActiveXObject != "undefined")
        {
            var xhr = null;
            try{
                xhr=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
            }catch (e){
                try{
                    xhr=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                }catch (e2){
                    try{
                        xhr=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0");
                    }catch (e3){
                        xhr=null;
                    }
                }
            }
            if (xhr == null)
            {
                return false
            }
        }
        
        return true;
    }



function popup(mylink, windowname, picswidth, picsheight) {

var popWidth = picswidth;
var popHeight = picsheight;

 if (! window.focus)return true;
 var href;
 if (typeof(mylink) == 'string')
   href=mylink;
 else
   href=mylink.href;
 window.open(href, windowname, "width="+popWidth+",height="+popHeight+",scrollbars=yes,resizable=1,location=0,statusbar=0,menubar=0");
 return false;
}


function poptastic(url) {
var newwindow;

 newwindow=window.open(url,'name','height=600,width=650, scrollbars=yes');

 if (window.focus) {
	 newwindow.focus()
}

}

function poppics(url, picswidth, picsheight) {

var newwindow;

var popWidth = picswidth;
var popHeight = picsheight;

// newwindow=window.open(url, name, "width="+popWidth+", height="+popHeight+", scrollbars=yes);
newwindow=window.open(url,'name','height='+popWidth+',width='+popHeight+', scrollbars=yes, resizable=1, statusbar=0,menubar=0');
 if (window.focus) {
	 newwindow.focus()
}

}