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//var flashURI = "counterRework2.swf";
var EXPTIME = 5000; // the counter expires 5 seconds after someone leaves the site
var MAXEXP = 30000000000; // this is just an arbitrary value way in the future - so the cookie doesn't expire

function setCounter(){

    var myDate = new Date();
    var curTime = myDate.getTime();
    var theCookie = "startTime=" + curTime;
    document.cookie = theCookie;

}

function setCounterExp(){

    var myDate = new Date();
    var curTime = myDate.getTime();
	var cookieExp = new Date(curTime + EXPTIME); //5 seconds until cookie expires
    var theCookie = document.cookie + "; expires=" + cookieExp;
    document.cookie = theCookie;
	
}


function loadFlash(){

   if(document.cookie){ // if the cookie already exists
	   
      var cookiePars = document.cookie.split("; "); // separates all cookie vars into 'name=value'
      var nameValue = cookiePars[0].split("="); // separates 'name=value' 
   
      if(nameValue[0] == "startTime"){ // make sure cookie is formatted properly
	  
         var startTime = nameValue[1];
	     var myDate = new Date();
         var curTime = myDate.getTime();
	     var cookieExp = new Date(curTime + MAXEXP); //set expiration to about a year from now
	     document.cookie = document.cookie + "; expires=" + cookieExp;
		 
      }else{ // if it's not formatted properly, delete it and make a new one
	  
         var myDate = new Date();
         var curTime = myDate.getTime();
	     var cookieExp = new Date(curTime - 1);
	     document.cookie = document.cookie + "; expires=" + cookieExp;
		 
		 setCounter();
		 
      }//end if
   
   }else{ // otherwise, create a new cookie with current timestamp
	   
      setCounter();
	  
   }//end if
   //finally format the unwieldly html and return it
   var flashURI = "flash/counter.swf?startTime=" + startTime;
   var flashCode = "<object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0\" id=\"counter\" width=\"322\" height=\"47\" align=\"right\"> \
<param name=\"allowScriptAccess\" value=\"sameDomain\" /> \
<param name=\"menu\" value=\"false\" /><param name=\"quality\" value=\"high\" /><param name=\"bgcolor\" value=\"#000000\" /> \
<param name=\"movie\" id=\"movie\" value=\"" + flashURI + "\" /> \
<embed src=\"" + flashURI + "\" menu=\"false\" quality=\"high\" bgcolor=\"#000000\" width=\"322\" height=\"47\" swLiveConnect=\"true\" name=\"counter\" align=\"right\" allowScriptAccess=\"sameDomain\" type=\"application/x-shockwave-flash\" pluginspage=\"http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer\" /> \
</object>";
   //alert(document.cookie);
   return flashCode;
   
}//end flashFile

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