function cookie_get(name)
	{
	var cnt;
	var items;
	var pairs;

	items = document.cookie.split("; ");
	for(cnt = 0; cnt < items.length; cnt++)
		{
		pairs = items[cnt].split("=");
		if (name == pairs[0]) 
			return(unescape(pairs[1]));
		}

	return("");
	}

function cookie_set(name, value, expires)
	{
	var cookie;

	cookie = name + "=" + escape(value) + ";";

	if (expires)
		cookie += " expires=" + expires.toUTCString() + ";";

	document.cookie = cookie;
	}

hdc.cookie_get = cookie_get;
hdc.cookie_set = cookie_set;