function setRememberCookie() {
  
	var remAutoCheckbox = document.getElementById("remAutoCheckbox");
	
	if(remAutoCheckbox.checked) {
		//setRememberAutoCookie();
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=1 ; path=/";
	} else {
		// remove auto login remember cookie
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/";		
	}  
  }
  
  function setRememberCookieNew(elementName) {
  
	var remAutoCheckbox = document.getElementById(elementName);
	
	if (remAutoCheckbox == undefined)
		return;

	if(remAutoCheckbox.checked) {
		//setRememberAutoCookie();
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=1 ; path=/;";
	} else {
		// remove auto login remember cookie
		document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/;";		
	}  
  }
  
  function setAuthCookie() {
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	var password = document.login.j_password.value;
      	document.cookie = "auth=" + escape(username) + ":" + escape(password) + " ; path=/";
      	//alert("auth=" + escape(username) + ":" + escape(password));
  }
  
  function setRememberAutoCookie() {

  	// set auto login cookie
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	if (username.length > 0) {	      
			var today = new Date();
			today.setTime( today.getTime() );
			var expires = 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24; // 24 hours, in milliseconds
			var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );
	      	document.cookie = "rememberauto=" + escape(username) + " ; path=/";
    	}
  }

  function deleteMyProfileCookie(){
    var today = new Date();
    today.setYear( today.getYear() - 1 );
    document.cookie = "myProfile=" +";expires=" + today.toGMTString();
  }
  
  // not used anymore, auto login option checkbox replaced this
  function setRememberEmailCookie() {
	  document.cookie = "rememberauto=; expires=Thu, 01-Jan-1970 00:00:01 GMT; path=/";
  
  	  // cookie has not been set, set cookie
	  	var username = document.login.j_username.value;
	  	if (username.length > 0) {
	      var expires = 'Wed, 01-Jan-2070 00:00:00 GMT';
	      document.cookie = "rememe=" + escape(username) + "; expires=" + expires + "; path=/";
    	}
  }  

    function get_cookie(Name) {
        var ck = document.cookie;
        var ck_tmp = ck.split(";");

        for (var i=0; i< ck_tmp.length; i++) {
            var ar = ck_tmp[i].split("=");
            if (Name == ar[0].replace(" ", "") ) return ar[1];
        }

        return "";

    }

//  function initializeButtonsNew() {	
//	  var autoname = get_cookie('rememberauto');
//	  if(autoname.length > 0) {
//	     syncAutoCheckBox(true);
//	  } else {
//	  	// do nothing
//	  }
//  }
    
  function initializeButtons() {	
	  var autoname = get_cookie('rememberauto');
	  if(autoname.length > 0) {
	     var autoCheckbox = document.getElementById('remAutoCheckbox'); 
	     
	     if (autoCheckbox != undefined)
		     autoCheckbox.checked = true;	  
	  } else {
	  	// do nothing
	  }
  }