function toggleLayer(whichLayer) {
	$("#" + whichLayer).toggle();
}

function toggleLayerSlide(whichLayer) {
	$("#" + whichLayer).slideToggle('slow');
}

function zeroOutInput(whichInput) {
	var elem, vis;
	if (document.getElementById) // this is the way the standards work
		elem = document.getElementById(whichInput);
	else if (document.all) // this is the way old msie versions work
		elem = document.all[whichInput];
	else if (document.layers) // this is the way nn4 works
		elem = document.layers[whichInput];
	elem.value=0;
}

function confirmDelete(itemType)
{
   if (confirm('Are you sure you want to delete this ' + itemType + '? \n\n (Click \'OK\' to delete this ' + itemType + ', click \'Cancel\' to keep it.)')) {
      return true;
   }
   return false;
}

//this fixes an issue with the old method, ambiguous values 
//with this test document.cookie.indexOf( name + "=" );
function getCommanderieCookie(check_name) {
	// first we'll split this cookie up into name/value pairs
	// note: document.cookie only returns name=value, not the other components
	var a_all_cookies = document.cookie.split( ';' );
	var a_temp_cookie = '';
	var cookie_name = '';
	var cookie_value = '';
	var b_cookie_found = false; // set boolean t/f default f
	
	for ( i = 0; i < a_all_cookies.length; i++ )
	{
		// now we'll split apart each name=value pair
		a_temp_cookie = a_all_cookies[i].split( '=' );
		
		
		// and trim left/right whitespace while we're at it
		cookie_name = a_temp_cookie[0].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '');
	
		// if the extracted name matches passed check_name
		if ( cookie_name == check_name )
		{
			b_cookie_found = true;
			// we need to handle case where cookie has no value but exists (no = sign, that is):
			if ( a_temp_cookie.length > 1 )
			{
				cookie_value = unescape( a_temp_cookie[1].replace(/^\s+|\s+$/g, '') );
				cookie_value = cookie_value.replace('"', '');
				cookie_value = cookie_value.replace('"', '');
			}
			// note that in cases where cookie is initialized but no value, null is returned
			return cookie_value;
			break;
		}
		a_temp_cookie = null;
		cookie_name = '';
	}
	if ( !b_cookie_found )
	{
		return '';
	}
}