function getCookie(name)
{
	var dc = document.cookie;
	var prefix = name + "=";
	var begin = dc.indexOf("; " + prefix);
	if (begin == -1) {
	begin = dc.indexOf(prefix);
	if (begin != 0) return null;
	} else
	begin += 2;
	var end = document.cookie.indexOf(";", begin);
	if (end == -1)
	end = dc.length;
	return unescape(dc.substring(begin + prefix.length, end));
}
 
// LIST ALL SHOW/HIDE ELEMENT IDS HERE
menus_array = new Array ('dd1', 'dd2', 'dd3', 'dd4', 'dd5', 'dd6', 'dd7', 'dd8', 'dd9', 'dd10', 'dd11', 'dd12', 'dd13', 'dd14', 'dd15', 'dd16', 'dd18', 'dd19', 'dd20', 'dd21', 'dd22');
// OLD menus_array = new Array ('ddVideos', 'ddHelpSupport', 'ddSearch', 'ddMyDownloads', 'ddMyDevUser', 'ddLastestNews', 'ddItemsToAction', 'ddDashboardOverview', 'ddAccount_user', 'ddAccountOptions', 'ddItemsToAction', 'ddMyFeaturesUser', 'ddMyFeatures', 'ddMyElearningUser', 'ddMyDownloadsUser', 'ddRecentActivity', 'ddResources', 'ddMyAccount', 'ddFindTraining', 'ddFindInformation', 'ddsub_icons', 'ddMyAwards', 'ddMyRadges','ddAllawards','ddAllbadges','ddAlerts');
menus_status_array = new Array ();// remembers state of switches
 
function showHideSwitch (theid) {
var hangtime=1*365*24*3600*1000;
if (document.getElementById) {
var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);
var imgid = theid+'Button';
var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
if (menus_status_array[theid] != 'hide') {
switch_id.className = 'hideSwitch';
menus_status_array[theid] = 'hide';
document.cookie = theid+'=hide;expires='+new Date(new Date().getTime() + hangtime).toGMTString();
}else{
switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
menus_status_array[theid] = 'show';
document.cookie = theid+'=show;expires='+new Date(new Date().getTime() + hangtime).toGMTString();
}
}
}


function resetMenu () { // read cookies and set menus to last visited state
  if (document.getElementById) {
    for (var i=0; i<menus_array.length; i++) {
      var idname = menus_array[i];
      var switch_id = document.getElementById(idname);
      var imgid = idname+'Button';
      var button_id = document.getElementById(imgid);
      
      if (getCookie(idname) == 'show' && button_id != null) {
        switch_id.className = 'showSwitch';
	    menus_status_array [idname] = 'show';
	  }else{
	            
	    menus_status_array [idname] = 'hide';
	  }
    }
  }
}