function getCookie(name) {
  var dc = document.cookie;
  var prefix = name + "=";
  var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
  if (begin == -1) {
    begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
    if (begin != 0) return null;
  } else
    begin += 2;
  var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
  if (end == -1)
    end = dc.length;
  return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}


// LIST ALL SHOW/HIDE ELEMENT IDS HERE
menus_array = new Array ('ddAlpha', 'ddBeta', 'ddGamma', 'ddDelta', 'ddEpsilon', 'ddZeta', 'ddTheta');
menus_status_array = new Array ();// remembers state of switches
img_close = 'images/expandbutton-close.gif';
img_open = 'images/expandbutton-open.gif';

function showHideSwitch (theid) {
  if (document.getElementById) {
    var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);
    var imgid = theid+'Button';
    var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
    if (menus_status_array[theid] != 'show') {
      button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
      switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
	  menus_status_array[theid] = 'show';
	  document.cookie = theid+'=show';
    }else{
      button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
      switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
	  menus_status_array[theid] = 'hide';
	  document.cookie = theid+'=hide';
    }
  }
}

function resetMenu () { // read cookies and set menus to last visited state
  if (document.getElementById) {
    for (var i=0; i<menus_array.length; i++) {
      var idname = menus_array[i];
      var switch_id = document.getElementById(idname);
      var imgid = idname+'Button';
      var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
      if (getCookie(idname) == 'show') {
	    button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_close);
        switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
	    menus_status_array [idname] = 'show';
	  }else{
	    button_id.setAttribute ('src', img_open);
        switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
	    menus_status_array [idname] = 'hide';
	  }
    }
  }
}

function goToLink(page)
{
 document.location.href = page;
}


function doMailTo(domain,user) {
				 window.location.href = 'mailto:' + user + '@' + domain;
}

function openWin(URL) {
				 aWindow=window.open(URL,"thewindow",'width=600,height=500,toolbar=no,status=no,scrollbar=yes,resizable=no,menubar=no');
}