function createCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var 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 setLangPref(lang) {
		var langPref = readCookie('mevaserLangPref')
		if (langPref) {
			if (langPref != lang) createCookie('mevaserLangPref', lang, 30);
		} else {
			createCookie('mevaserLangPref', lang, 30);
		}

}

function applyPreferredLang() {
	var langPref = readCookie('mevaserLangPref')
	if (langPref) {
		if (langPref == "Hebrew") toHebrew();
		if (langPref == "English") toEnglish();
	}
}

function showLangButtons() {
document.write('<a href="javascript:toEnglish()"><span style="font-size:medium;color:#5555FF;font-weight:bold">English</span></a><p><a href="javascript:toHebrew()"><span style="font-size:large;color:#9955FF;font-weight:bold" direction="rtl" lang="he-IL">&#1506;&#1489;&#1512;&#1497;&#1514;</span></a>');
}

function setHebEngText(key, lang) {
	if (lang=="H")
		if (t9n[key][lang].indexOf("<table")==0) {
			// it is already formatted in a table so leave it alone
			document.getElementById(key).innerHTML =  t9n[key][lang];
		} else {
			// format Hebrew for RTL, etc
			document.getElementById(key).innerHTML =  "<table border=0><tr><td align=right><span direction=\"rtl\" lang=\"he-IL\" style=\"font-size:medium\">" + t9n[key][lang] + "</span></td></tr></table>";
		}
	else 
		document.getElementById(key).innerHTML =  t9n[key][lang];
}

function toEnglish() {
   for (var t in translatables) {
		setHebEngText(translatables[t], "E");
   }
   setLangPref('English');
}
function toHebrew() {
   for (var t in translatables) {
		setHebEngText(translatables[t], "H");
   }
   setLangPref('Hebrew');
}