function writeCookie(nom, valeur){
  var argv    = writeCookie.arguments;
  var argc    = writeCookie.arguments.length;
  var expires = (argc > 2) ? argv[2] : null;
  var path    = (argc > 3) ? argv[3] : null;
  var domain  = (argc > 4) ? argv[4] : null;
  var secure  = (argc > 5) ? argv[5] : false;
  
  document.cookie=nom+"="+escape(valeur)+
  ((expires==null) ? "" : ("; expires="+expires.toGMTString()))+
  ((path==null) ? "" : ("; path="+path))+
  ((domain==null) ? "" : ("; domain="+domain))+
  ((secure==true) ? "; secure" : "");
}

function getCookieVal(offset){
  var endstr=document.cookie.indexOf (";", offset);
  if (endstr==-1) endstr=document.cookie.length;
  return unescape(document.cookie.substring(offset, endstr));
}
function readCookie(nom){
  var arg=nom+"=";
  var alen=arg.length;
  var clen=document.cookie.length;
  var i=0;
  while (i<clen){
    var j=i+alen;
    if (document.cookie.substring(i, j)==arg) return getCookieVal(j);
    i=document.cookie.indexOf(" ",i)+1;
    if (i==0) break;
  }
  return null;
}