function Get_Cookie(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 ) );
}

function setSession(name, platform) {
        var cookieVal = Get_Cookie(name);

        if(cookieVal == null){
                cookieVal = "";
        }

        var theCookie = name + "=" + cookieVal + platform.toUpperCase() + "|; path=/; Domain=maximumpc.com";
        //alert(theCookie);
        document.cookie=theCookie;
}

function getSession(name, platform) {
        var cookieVal = Get_Cookie(name);

        if(cookieVal != null) {
                var result = cookieVal.split("|");
                var doesPlatformExist = false;

                for(var i=0; i < result.length; i++) {
                        if(result[i].toUpperCase() == platform.toUpperCase()) {
                                doesPlatformExist = true
                                break;
                        }
                }
        }

        if(doesPlatformExist == true) {
                        return 'true';
        } else {
                return 'false';
        }
}

function setISTSession(platform){
        setSession("ist", platform);
}

function getISTSession(platform){
        return getSession("ist", platform);
}