var i=1
 function readcookie() {
    if (document.cookie.length>0) {
      var mcookie=document.cookie.split("=")
      mvalue=mcookie[1].split("/")
      mname=unescape(mvalue[0])
      mmail=unescape(mvalue[1])
      document.riddle.realname.value=mname
      document.riddle.email.value=mmail
   }
 }

 function checkRequired() {
    var moptional=document.getElementById("optional");
    var mnoanswer=document.getElementById("noanswer");
    var myesanswer=document.getElementById("yesanswer");
    var msubmit_answer=document.getElementById("submit_answer");

    if (document.riddle.riddle_answer.value=="") {
       mnoanswer.style.display='inline';
       myesanswer.style.display='none';
       moptional.style.display='none';
       return false;
      }
    else {
       var mdate=new Date("December 31, 2017");
       var expiredate=mdate.toGMTString();
       var mcookie="name="+escape(document.riddle.realname.value)+"/"+escape(document.riddle.email.value)+";expires="+expiredate;
       document.cookie=mcookie;
       mnoanswer.style.display='none';
       moptional.style.display='none';
       msubmit_answer.style.display='none';
       myesanswer.style.display='block';
       document.riddle.spamfltr.value="";
       return true;
      }
 }

 function showform() {
    document.riddle.riddle_answer.value=""

    var msubmit_anc=document.getElementById("submit_anc");
    msubmit_anc.blur();
    var msubmit_answer=document.getElementById("submit_answer");
    var msubmitans=document.getElementById("submitans");
    var form=document.riddle;
    var moptional=document.getElementById("optional");
    var mnoanswer=document.getElementById("noanswer");
    var myesanswer=document.getElementById("yesanswer");
    form.spamfltr.value="";
    mnoanswer.style.display='none';
    moptional.style.display='inline';
    if ((msubmit_answer.style.display=='block')|| 
        (myesanswer.style.display=='block')) {
       msubmit_answer.style.display='none';
       msubmitans.src="images/submit_answer.png";
     }
    else {
       msubmit_answer.style.display='block';
       msubmitans.src="images/close_form.png";
       if (document.cookie.length>0) {
            form.riddle_answer.focus();
       }
       else {
            form.realname.focus();
       }
    }
     myesanswer.style.display='none';
}


 function showyesterday() {

  var myest_anc=document.getElementById("yest_anc");
  myest_anc.blur();
  var myesterday=document.getElementById("yesterday");
  var mshowans=document.getElementById("showans");
  if (myesterday.style.display=='block') {
     myesterday.style.display='none';
    mshowans.src="images/view_answer.png"
 }
  else {
     myesterday.style.display='block'; 
     mshowans.src="images/hide_answer.png";
    }
}

 function txtarea_focus() {
    var moptional=document.getElementById("optional");
    var mnoanswer=document.getElementById("noanswer");
    var myesanswer=document.getElementById("yesanswer");
    mnoanswer.style.display='none';
    myesanswer.style.display='none';
    moptional.style.display='inline';

 }

 function email_change() {
// check that Email address is in proper format
    var minvalidemail=document.getElementById("invalidemail");
    var form = document.riddle;
    var the_at = form.email.value.indexOf("@");
    var the_dot = form.email.value.lastIndexOf(".");
    var a_space = form.email.value.indexOf(" ");
    var a_comma = form.email.value.indexOf(",");
    if (form.email.value=="") {
       minvalidemail.style.display='none'
    }
    else {
       if  ((the_at == -1) ||  // if there's no '@'
           (the_at == 0) ||  // or it's at position 0
           (the_dot == -1) || // or there's no '.'
           (the_dot <= the_at + 1) ||  // or the '@' is after '.'
           (the_dot > form.email.value.length - 3) || // there is less than 2 char after the '.'
           (a_space  !== -1) || // or there's a space
           (a_comma  !== -1))  // or there's a comma
       {   

       minvalidemail.style.display='inline';
       }
    }
 }


 function closeform() {
   var msubmit_answer=document.getElementById("submit_answer");
   msubmit_answer.style.display='none';
 }

 
 function EvalSound(soundobj) {

    var thissound=document.getElementById(soundobj);
    thissound.Play();

 }
 
 
 function StopSound(soundobj) {
    var thissound=document.getElementById(soundobj);
    thissound.Stop()
 }


 function play_mp3() {

   document.getElementById("mp3_span").innerHTML='<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.borderregions.com/radio/mediaplayer2.swf" style="" id="mpl" name="mpl" quality="high" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" autoplay="1" flashvars="height=0&amp;width=0&amp;backcolor=0xCCCCFF&amp;autostart=true&amp;volume=55&amp;file=mp3/sleighbells.mp3" width="0" height="0">'

 }


 

 function stop_mp3() {

    document.getElementById("mp3_span").innerHTML=""

 }