var cny = "lchkcredish";
 
 	 function checkform ( form )
	 {
	    var tstr = "";
	    var kstr = "";
		var jint = 0;
		  	// ** START **
			/*alert("I'm here 2"); */
		tstr = form.userid.value;
		if (tstr.length < 6 ) {
    	  alert( "Enter a User ID containing 6 or more characters." );
   		  form.userid.focus();
		  return false ;
		}
	  	if (form.password.value == "") {
    	  alert( "Please Enter A Password consisting of 5 to 12 characters" );
   		  form.password.focus();
    	  return false ;
  		}
	    //check the chkremem box to see if users wants to store credentials
	    if (form.chkremem.checked){
	   	  //alert("Checked");
		  //return false;
          //setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure )
		  //var csecure = false;
		  //var cvalue = form.userid.value + "\t" + form.password.value;
		  //var cpath = "";
		  //var cvalue = form.userid.value ;
          //setCookie( cny, cvalue, 20, "", cpath, csecure );
		  //the cookie is set with php at the server
		  
	    } else {
	      //if the cookie exists, then delete it
		 // alert ("Deleting Creds");
	      deleteCookie( cny, "", "" )
	    }

  	   return true ;
	 }

 function getCredentials () 
    {
 	  //function called when page loaded
      //alert ("getting Credentials");
	  var cookval = getCookie(cny);
	  if (cookval == null || cookval.length < 1) {
	    return;
	  }  
	  //alert(cookval);
      var credary = cookval.split("\t");
      //we should have an array containing 2 elements
	  if (credary.length !== 2) {
	     deleteCookie( cny, "", "" )
	     return
	  }
      //now put the cred values to the form
	  document.login.userid.value = credary[0];
	  document.login.passwordh.value = credary[1];
	  document.login.password.value = "************";
	  //document.login.userid.value = cookval;
	  //now set the remember me checkbox
	  document.login.chkremem.checked = true;
      

	  
	  
	}
	 

function getCookie( name ) {
    var start = document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
	//	  alert ("start=" + start);

    var len = start + name.length + 1;
	//	  alert ("namelen=" + len);
    if ( ( !start ) && ( name != document.cookie.substring( 0, name.length ) ) ) {
        return null;
    }
    if ( start == -1 ) return null;
    var end = document.cookie.indexOf( ';', len );
	//	  alert ("end=" + end);

    if ( end == -1 ) end = document.cookie.length;
	//	  alert ("final end=" + end);
    return unescape( document.cookie.substring( len, end ) );
}

function setCookie( name, value, expires, path, domain, secure ) {
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );
    if ( expires ) {
        expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    }
    var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
    var mycookie = name+'='+escape( value ) +
        ( ( expires ) ? ';expires='+expires_date.toGMTString() : '' ) + //expires.toGMTString()
        ( ( path ) ? ';path=' + path : '' ) +
        ( ( domain ) ? ';domain=' + domain : '' ) +
        ( ( secure ) ? ';secure' : '' );
	//alert(	mycookie);
	//return;
	document.cookie = mycookie;	
	//alert(	document.cookie);
	
}

function deleteCookie( name, path, domain ) {
    if ( getCookie( name ) ) document.cookie = name + '=' +
            ( ( path ) ? ';path=' + path : '') +
            ( ( domain ) ? ';domain=' + domain : '' ) +
            ';expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT';
}