function getElementSafe(id) {
    var retval;
    if (document.getElementById) {
        retval = document.getElementById(id);
    }
    else if (document.all) {
        retval = document.all[id];
    }
    else if (document.layers) {
        retval = document.layers[id];
    }
    return retval;
}

function setCookie(c_name, value, expiredays) {
    var exdate = new Date();
    exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate() + expiredays);
    document.cookie = c_name + "=" + escape(value) +
((expiredays == null) ? "" : ";expires=" + exdate.toGMTString());
}

function getCookie(c_name) {
    if (document.cookie.length > 0) {
        c_start = document.cookie.indexOf(c_name + "=");
        if (c_start != -1) {
            c_start = c_start + c_name.length + 1;
            c_end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", c_start);
            if (c_end == -1) c_end = document.cookie.length;
            return unescape(document.cookie.substring(c_start, c_end));
        }
    }
    return "";
}

function expireCookie(name) {
    setCookie(name, "", -1);
}