function addCookie(name,data) 
    {
       var expires = new Date()
       expires.setTime(expires.getTime() + 60*60*1000)
       document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(data) + ";expires=" +expires.toGMTString() +";"
    }//'end function addCookie


    //'gets the data for the passed in cookie 
    function getCookie(name) 
    {
       var result	 = false
       var myCookie 	 =" "+ document.cookie + ";"
       var searchName 	 =" " + name +"="
       var startOfCookie = myCookie.indexOf(searchName)
    	
       if (startOfCookie != -1) 
       {
             startOfCookie  += searchName.length
             var endOfCookie = myCookie.indexOf(";", startOfCookie)
           
             result = unescape(myCookie.substring(startOfCookie, endOfCookie))
       }
       return result
    }//'end function getCookie