//COOKIE HANDLER and XML LOADER

//check if cookies are enabled in the brower
if (navigator.cookieEnabled == 0) {
  alert("You need to enable cookies for this site to work properly!");
}

//set cookie named language with the value coming from the flag buttons
function setCookie (value) {
  var cookie_string = "language=" + escape ( value );
  var expires = new Date ();
  expires.setMonth(expires.getMonth()+1);  
  cookie_string += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
}

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

function loadXML(lang){
	language=lang;
	setCookie(lang);
	window.location.reload();
}