function OpenBRwindow(theURL,winName,features) { //v2.0
  window.open(theURL,winName,features);
}

function setCookie(NameOfCookie, value, expiredays) {
var ExpireDate = new Date ();
ExpireDate.setTime(ExpireDate.getTime() + (expiredays * 24 * 3600 * 1000));
document.cookie = NameOfCookie + "=" + escape(value) + ((expiredays == null) ? "" : "; expires=" + ExpireDate.toGMTString());
}

function getCookie(NameOfCookie){
if (document.cookie.length > 0) { 
begin = document.cookie.indexOf(NameOfCookie+"="); 
if (begin != -1) { 
begin += NameOfCookie.length+1; 
end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
if (end == -1) end = document.cookie.length;
return unescape(document.cookie.substring(begin, end));
} 
}
return null;
}