var normal_exit;

normal_exit = false;

var expdate = new Date ();
expdate.setTime (expdate.getTime() + (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24 * 31));
setCookie ("cur_step", window.location, expdate);



function pop(URL)
{
var n=navigator.appName
var ns=(n=="Netscape")
var ie=(n=="Microsoft Internet Explorer")

if (!normal_exit)
	{
	if (ie)
	window.open (URL, "newwindow", "height=468, width=401, toolbar=no, menubar=no, scrollbars=no, resizable=no, location=no, status=no");
	}
}

function setCookie (name, value, expires) 
	{
	if (!expires) expires = new Date();
    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape (value) + "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString() +  "; path=/"; 
    }                                                   

function getCookie (name) 
{
    var dcookie = document.cookie; 
    var cname = name + "=";
    var clen = dcookie.length;
    var cbegin = 0;
        while (cbegin < clen) {
        var vbegin = cbegin + cname.length;
            if (dcookie.substring(cbegin, vbegin) == cname) { 
            var vend = dcookie.indexOf (";", vbegin);
                if (vend == -1) vend = clen;
            return unescape(dcookie.substring(vbegin, vend));
            }
        cbegin = dcookie.indexOf(" ", cbegin) + 1;
            if (cbegin == 0) break;
        }
    return null;
}

