Cookies with JavaScript?

[Bombdrop]

Hi I have just managed to bake cookies in VBScript but really wish not to be restricted by browsers thus th need for JavaScript Cookies.
Can any one put me in the write direction in writing simple JavaScript cookies ????

Thanks

[scoutt]

something like this

<script language="JavaScript">
<!--

/*
WM_setCookie(), WM_readCookie(), WM_killCookie()
A set of functions that eases the pain of using cookies.

Source: Webmonkey Code Library
(http://www.hotwired.com/webmonkey/ja.../code_library/)

Author: Nadav Savio
Author Email: [email protected]
*/


// This next little bit of code tests whether the user accepts cookies.
var WM_acceptsCookies = false;
if(document.cookie == '') {
    document.cookie = 'WM_acceptsCookies=yes'; // Try to set a cookie.
    if(document.cookie.indexOf('WM_acceptsCookies=yes') != -1) {
	WM_acceptsCookies = true; 
    }// If it succeeds, set variable
} else { // there was already a cookie
  WM_acceptsCookies = true;
}


function WM_setCookie (name, value, hours, path, domain, secure) {
    if (WM_acceptsCookies) { // Don't waste your time if the browser doesn't accept cookies.
	var not_NN2 = (navigator && navigator.appName 
		       && (navigator.appName == 'Netscape') 
		       && navigator.appVersion 
		       && (parseInt(navigator.appVersion) == 2))?false:true;

	if(hours && not_NN2) { // NN2 cannot handle Dates, so skip this part
	    if ( (typeof(hours) == 'string') && Date.parse(hours) ) { // already a Date string
		var numHours = hours;
	    } else if (typeof(hours) == 'number') { // calculate Date from number of hours
		var numHours = (new Date((new Date()).getTime() + hours*3600000)).toGMTString();
	    }
	}
        // Set the cookie, adding any parameters that were specified.
	document.cookie = name + '=' + escape(value) + ((numHours)?(';expires=' + numHours):'') + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:'') + ((secure && (secure == true))?'; secure':''); 
    }
} // WM_setCookie


function WM_readCookie(name) {
    if(document.cookie == '') { // there's no cookie, so go no further
	return false; 
    } else { // there is a cookie
	var firstChar, lastChar;
	var theBigCookie = document.cookie;
	firstChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(name);	// find the start of 'name'
	var NN2Hack = firstChar + name.length;
	if((firstChar != -1) && (theBigCookie.charAt(NN2Hack) == '=')) { // if you found the cookie
	    firstChar += name.length + 1; // skip 'name' and '='
	    lastChar = theBigCookie.indexOf(';', firstChar); // Find the end of the value string (i.e. the next ';').
	    if(lastChar == -1) lastChar = theBigCookie.length;
	    return unescape(theBigCookie.substring(firstChar, lastChar));
	} else { // If there was no cookie of that name, return false.
	    return false;
	}
    }	
} // WM_readCookie

function WM_killCookie(name, path, domain) {
  var theValue = WM_readCookie(name); // We need the value to kill the cookie
  if(theValue) {
      document.cookie = name + '=' + theValue + '; expires=Fri, 13-Apr-1970 00:00:00 GMT' + ((path)?';path=' + path:'') + ((domain)?';domain=' + domain:''); // set an already-expired cookie
  }
} // WM_killCookie


// -->

</script>

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