// ********************************************************************************
// *                                    COOKIES                                   *
// ********************************************************************************

// SET COOKIE
function dmde_setCookie(name, value, expire)
{
  document.cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ((expire == null) ? "" : ("; expires=" + expire.toGMTString()))
}

// GET COOKIE
function dmde_getCookie(Name)
{
  var search = Name + "="
    if (document.cookie.length > 0) 
    { // if there are any cookies
      offset = document.cookie.indexOf(search)
      if (offset != -1) 
      { // if cookie exists
             offset += search.length
             // set index of beginning of value
             end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", offset)
             // set index of end of cookie value
             if (end == -1)
               end = document.cookie.length
               return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, end))
       }
     }
}