/* COOKIES */
    function eraseCookie(name)  {
      setCookie(name, "", 0);
    }

    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 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());
    }

/* Text */

var aColor 

    function goblur(ct,def) {
        // set default text if blank
        var aa = ct.value
        if(aa.length == 0)  {
            ct.style.color="gray"
            ct.value = def
        }
    }
    
    function gofocus(ct,def)    {
        // clear only if default text
        ct.style.color="black"
        if(ct.value == def) {
            ct.value = ""
        }
    }
/*   */


    function elementPosition(obj) {
        var curleft = 0, curtop = 0;

        if (obj.offsetParent) {
            curleft = obj.offsetLeft;
            curtop = obj.offsetTop;

            while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
                curleft += obj.offsetLeft;
                curtop += obj.offsetTop;
            }
        }
        return { x: curleft, y: curtop };
    }