var preloadFlag = false; // assume older browser and that image cannot preload var lockedImage = ""; // need to hold an image open var openMenu = ""; // name of open sub-menu (if any) var openQuestion = ""; // open question number (if any) var now = new Date(); var theYear = now.getFullYear(); function newImage(arg) { // function to create a new image and cache it if (document.images) { rslt = new Image(); rslt.src = arg; return rslt; } } function changeImages() { if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true)) { for (var i=0; i if (document.images) { preloadFlag = true; } } function changeImages() { // the rollover code for the top of page toolbar. if (document.images && (preloadFlag == true) ) { // && (changeImages.arguments[0] != lockedImage)) { for (var i=0; i 0) { begin = dc.indexOf(cname); if (begin != -1) { begin += cname.length; end = dc.indexOf(";", begin); if (end == -1) end = dc.length; return unescape(dc.substring(begin, end)); } } return null; } function setCookie(name, value, expires, path, domain, secure) { // sets a cookie on the user's machine document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expires == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString()) + // if exipres == null, coookie will expire at end of session ((path == null) ? "" : "; path=" + path) + // if path == null, cookie will only be accessbile to the directory the creating file was housed in ((domain == null) ? "" : "; domain=" + domain) + // if domain == null, cookie will only be accessbile to the server the creating file was hosted on. ((secure == null) ? "" : "; secure"); // if secure == null, cookie could be hacked...cookies ARE NOT secure. just leave this one blank. } function delCookie (name,path,domain) { // deletes named cookie from user's machine if (getCookie(name)) { document.cookie = name + "=" + ((path == null) ? "" : "; path=" + path) + // if path == null, cookie MUST be deleted by the page/directory that created it ((domain == null) ? "" : "; domain=" + domain) + // if domain == null, cookie MUST be deleted by the directory/server that created it. "; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-70 00:00:01 GMT"; } }