function createCookie(name,value,days)
{
	var expires = "";
	if (days)
	{
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}else {
		
	expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
	}
}

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


function myLanguage(){

	var language = readCookie('Lng'); 
	var rxpath =getLangPath(language);
	var flag = "uk";
	
	if (language) {
	flag = retFlag(language);
	}else{
		flag = "uk";
		$('nolanguage').innerHTML = "You have not set a default language";
		}
	
	//	return [language,rxpath];
	// return as an object with 3 properties
	return {name : language, path : rxpath, flag : flag};

}

function retFlag(z)
{
		switch (z)
{
  case "jp" : 
     f= "<img src=\"img/flag/jp.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
  case "en" : 
        f= "<img src=\"img/flag/gb.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
   case "it" : 
        f= "<img src=\"img/flag/it.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
  case "de" : 
        f= "<img src=\"img/flag/de.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
  case "fr" : 
        f= "<img src=\"img/flag/fr.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
  case "nl" : 
        f= "<img src=\"img/flag/gb.gif\" border=0>";
     break;     
  default : 
       f= "<img src=\"img/flag/gb.gif\" border=0>";
     break;
}
/*  return the flag */ 
/* alert (f); */
return f;
}

function setLang(name,x,page)
{
		// Called by the clicking on one of the flags.
		// removes and sets a new cookie
		eraseCookie(name);	
		createCookie(name,x,365);
		window.location= location.protocol + "//" + location.hostname + "/db/gohomepage?readform&Lng=" + x + "&p=" + page;
				
}

function setLangX(name,x)
{
		// Called by the clicking on one of the flags.
		// removes and sets a new cookie
		eraseCookie(name);	
		createCookie(name,x,365);
		
		// Use prototype to write to the selectedlanguage div
		
		
	// Read the language variables.
	var mylang = myLanguage();

	if(mylang){

		//alert (mylang.name + " " + mylang.path  + " " + mylang.flag)

		document.languageform.LanguageSelected.value = mylang.name; 
		
		var t = "<a href=\"" + document.languageform.URLPath.value +  mylang.path + "#languageoptions\">";
		 var rethtml = t + mylang.flag+ "</a>";
		$('flaglanguage').innerHTML = rethtml;
		
		var rpath = document.languageform.URLPath.value;
		if (rpath) {
		window.location= rpath + mylang.path	;   
		}else{
		window.location= window.location + "/en";
		}
		
		
		}else{
		window.location = window.location + "/en";
		$('nolanguage').innerHTML = "You have not set a default language";
		
	} 		
						
}

function getLangPath()
{
		// set a cookie
		x = readCookie('Lng');	
		
				switch (x)
{
  case "jp" : 
     f= "/jp";
     break;
  case "en" : 
        f= "/en";
     break;
   case "it" : 
        f= "/It";
     break;
  case "de" : 
        f= "/de";
     break;
  case "fr" : 
        f= "/fr";
     break;
  case "nl" : 
        f= "/nl";
     break;     
  default : 
       f= "/en";
     break;
}
/* return the flag
alert (f); */
return f;
				
}