function textLimit(box, countbox, limit) {
if (box.value.length > limit)
{
box.value = box.value.substring(0,limit);
}
else 
{
countbox.value = limit - box.value.length;
}
}

function fade(id, opacStart, opacEnd, millisec) {
	//speed for each frame
	var speed = Math.round(millisec / 100);
	var timer = 0;
	var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
if(object.opacity != opacEnd/100){
		for(i = opacStart; i <= opacEnd; i++)
			{
			setTimeout("opacity(" + i + ",'" + id + "')",(timer * speed));
			timer++;
			}
}
}

function opacity(opacity, id) {
var object = document.getElementById(id).style; 
	object.opacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.MozOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.KhtmlOpacity = (opacity / 100);
	object.filter = "alpha(opacity=" + opacity + ")";
}
function createCookie(name, value, days)
{
  if (days) {
    var date = new Date();
    date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
    var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
  else var expires = "";
  document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name)
{
  var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
  var nameEQ = name + "=";
  for(var i=0; i < ca.length; i++) {
    var c = ca[i];
    while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1, c.length); //delete spaces
    if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length, c.length);
    }
  return null;
}

function eraseCookie(name)
{
  createCookie(name, "", -1);
}