function setRememberCookie() {
  
	var remAutoCheckbox = document.getElementById("remAutoCheckbox");
	
	if(remAutoCheckbox.checked) {
		//setRememberAutoCookie();
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=1 ; path=/";
	} else {
		// remove auto login remember cookie
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/";		
	}  
  }
  
  function setRememberCookieNew(elementName) {
  
	var remAutoCheckbox = document.getElementById(elementName);
	
	if (remAutoCheckbox == undefined)
		return;

	if(remAutoCheckbox.checked) {
		//setRememberAutoCookie();
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=1 ; path=/;";
	} else {
		// remove auto login remember cookie
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/;";		
	}  
  }
  
  function setAuthCookie() {
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	var password = document.login.j_password.value;
      	document.cookie = "auth=" + escape(username) + ":" + escape(password) + " ; path=/";
      	//alert("auth=" + escape(username) + ":" + escape(password));
  }
  
  function setRememberAutoCookie() {

  	// set auto login cookie
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	if (username.length > 0) {	      
			var today = new Date();
			today.setTime( today.getTime() );
			var expires = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // 24 hours, in milliseconds
			var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	      	document.cookie = "rememberauto=" + escape(username) + " ; path=/";
    	}
  }
  
  // not used anymore, auto login option checkbox replaced this
  function setRememberEmailCookie() {
	  document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/";
  
  	  // cookie has not been set, set cookie
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	if (username.length > 0) {
	      var expires = 'Wed, 01-Jan-2070 00:00:00 GMT';
	      document.cookie = "rememe=" + escape(username) + "; expires=" + expires + "; path=/";
    	}
  }  

function get_cookie(Name) {
	var ck = document.cookie;
	var ck_tmp = ck.split(";");

	for (var i in ck_tmp) {
		var ar = ck_tmp[i].split("=");
		if (Name == ar[0].replace(" ", "") ) return ar[1];
	}

	return "";
}

function Get_Cookie( check_name ) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return null;
	}
}				
//  function initializeButtonsNew() {	
//	  var autoname = get_cookie('rememberauto');
//	  if(autoname.length > 0) {
//	     syncAutoCheckBox(true);
//	  } else {
//	  	// do nothing
//	  }
//  }
    
  function initializeButtons() {	
	  var autoname = get_cookie('rememberauto');
	  if(autoname.length > 0) {
	     var autoCheckbox = document.getElementById('remAutoCheckbox'); 
	     
	     if (autoCheckbox != undefined)
		     autoCheckbox.checked = true;	  
	  } else {
	  	// do nothing
	  }
  }