// function called when language drop down changes
function set_language(pickedLanguage) {
	var redirectURL;
	
	//alert('picked language: ' + pickedLanguage);
	
	if (pickedLanguage=='en') 
	{
		set_cookie('language','en');
		window.open('/','_top');
	} else {
		set_cookie('language',pickedLanguage);
		window.open('/international/' + pickedLanguage + '/','_top');
	}
}

// this sets a a cookie. The above function only passes in a name/value pair 
function set_cookie ( name, value, exp_y, exp_m, exp_d, path, domain, secure )
{
  var cookie_string = name + "=" + escape ( value );

  if ( exp_y )
  {
    var expires = new Date ( exp_y, exp_m, exp_d );
    cookie_string += "; expires=" + expires.toGMTString();
  }

  //if ( path )
  //      cookie_string += "; path=" + escape ( path );
  
  // we want to set to the pat to root so all pages can read it
  cookie_string += "; path=/";

  if ( domain )
        cookie_string += "; domain=" + escape ( domain );
  
  if ( secure )
        cookie_string += "; secure";
  
  document.cookie = cookie_string;
}

// this function is to retrieve the cookie via javascript for testing
function get_cookie(cookie_name)
{
  var results = document.cookie.match ( '(^|;) ?' + cookie_name + '=([^;]*)(;|$)' );
  if ( results )
	alert('found cookie: ' + results[2]);
    //return ( unescape ( results[2] ) );
  //else
    //return null;
}