function favorites() {
if (document.all)
window.external.AddFavorite(url,title);
}


function get_focus(field,value) {
    if (field.value == value) field.value="";
}
function lose_focus(field,value) {
    if (field.value == "") field.value=value;
}

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());
}

function checkspecinst()
{
username=getCookie('specinst');
if (username!=null && username!="")
  {
   document.form1.specinst.value = username;
  }
}

function checkCookie()
{
username=getCookie('specinst');
if (username!=null && username!="")
  {
  alert('Welcome again '+username+'!');
  }
else
  {
  username=prompt('Please enter your name:',"");
  if (username!=null && username!="")
    {
    setCookie('specinst',username,0);
    }
  }
}

function writespecinst(val)
{
username=val;
  if (username!=null && username!="")
    {
    setCookie('specinst',username,1);
    }
}