// JScript File

var _cookieName="TheTimes";var _cookieDomain="thetimes.co.za";function getUserID(){return document.getElementById("ctl00_hdnUserID").value}function getUserName(){return document.getElementById("ctl00_hdnUserName").value}

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// Open popup window
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function PopTastic(url,name,height,width){newwindow=window.open(url,'name','height='+height+',width='+width+',left=100,top=100,resizable=yes,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=yes,status=yes');if(window.focus){newwindow.focus()}}
	
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// get cookie value by key
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function getCookieValue(key){var cookieValue=getCookieData(_cookieName);if(cookieValue==null){return""}key=key.toLowerCase();var iStart=cookieValue.indexOf("{"+key+"|");var iEnd=0;if(iStart==-1){return""}var tempValue=cookieValue.substring(iStart+key.length+2,cookieValue.length);iEnd=tempValue.indexOf("}");return tempValue.substring(0,iEnd)}

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// set cookie value
// Storing format {key|value}{key|value}
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function setCookieValue(key,val){var cookieValue=getCookieData(_cookieName);if(cookieValue==null){cookieValue=""}else{if(cookieValue.indexOf("{")==-1){cookieValue=""}}key=key.toLowerCase();var iStart=cookieValue.indexOf("{"+key+"|");var iEnd=0;if(iStart==-1){cookieValue+="{"+key+"|"+val+"}"}else{var tempFront=cookieValue.substring(0,iStart);var tempBack=cookieValue.substring(iStart,cookieValue.length);iEnd=tempBack.indexOf("}");tempBack=tempBack.substring(iEnd+1,tempBack.length);cookieValue=tempFront+tempBack+"{"+key+"|"+val+"}"}setCookieData(_cookieName,cookieValue,30)}

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// Retrieve Cookie Data
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function getCookieData(name){var start=document.cookie.indexOf(name+"=");var len=start+name.length+1;if((!start)&&(name!=document.cookie.substring(0,name.length))){return null}if(start==-1)return null;var end=document.cookie.indexOf(";",len);if(end==-1)end=document.cookie.length;return unescape(document.cookie.substring(len,end))}

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// Set cookie Data
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function setCookieData(name,value,days){if(days==null){days=30}var exp=new Date();var oneYear=exp.getTime()+(days*12*60*60*1000);exp.setTime(oneYear);document.cookie=name+"="+escape(value)+"; expires="+exp.toGMTString()+";"}

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// Get query string value
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function getQueryVariable(variable){var query=window.location.search.substring(1);var vars=query.split("&");for(var i=0;i<vars.length;i++){var pair=vars[i].split("=");if(pair[0].toLowerCase()==variable.toLowerCase()){return pair[1]}}}