var hideTimer = 0;
var cookieMenuIsDisabled=false;

function toggleMenutooltip(){
	if(!ie6){
		$('menutooltip').toggle();
	}
}
function showMenutooltip(){
	if(!ie6){
		if(cookieMenuIsDisabled==true) return;
		window.clearTimeout(hideTimer);
		if(!$('menutooltip').visible()){
			toggleMenutooltip();
		}
	}
}
//the following is a  function that resembles the upper function, with with an added checkCookie feature
function precheck_showMenutooltip() {
	if(cookieMenuIsDisabled==true) return;
	var cookieValue = readMenuCookie("disableMenuToolTip");
	
	//only continue, if the cookieValue is empty
	if(!cookieValue) showMenutooltip();
}

function hideMenutooltip(){
	if($('menutooltip').visible()){
		hideTimer = toggleMenutooltip.delay(0.5);
	}
}

function placeCookie() {
	if(cookieMenuIsDisabled==true) return;
	cookieMenuIsDisabled = true;
	$('menutooltip').hide();
	toggleMainMenu();
	createMenuCookie("disableMenuToolTip",1,365); //365 day's
}

function createMenuCookie(name,value,days) {
	if (days) {
		var date = new Date();
		date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
		var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
	}
	else var expires = "";
	document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}
function readMenuCookie(name) {
	var nameEQ = name + "=";
	var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
	for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
		var c = ca[i];
		while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
		if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
	}
	return null;
}