$(document).ready(function() {

   var choosepanel = cookieval("companyName"); // check if cookie called companyName exists
   if (choosepanel!=0){ // if it does set menu to cookie value and show ajax display below
      $('#ftextboxselect').val(choosepanel);
      var querystring="ftextid="+choosepanel;
      $.get('candctabs.php', querystring, processResponse);
   }

   // no cookie set so here's the default jump menu
   $('#ftextboxselect').change(function() {
      var choosepanel=$('#ftextboxselect :selected').val();
      if (choosepanel=='0'){ // not sure we need this bit
         alert('Please select a panel');
         return false;
      }
      var querystring="ftextid="+choosepanel;
      $.get('candctabs.php', querystring, processResponse);
      $('#selectdefault').hide();
      setCookie(choosepanel); // menu has changed so write/overwrite companyName cookie
   });

}); // end document ready


function cookieval(cookiename){ // find the value of a named cookie
   var thiscookie=document.cookie.split("; ");
   for (var i=0; i<thiscookie.length; i++){
      if(cookiename==thiscookie[i].split("=")[0]){
         return thiscookie[i].split("=")[1];
      }
   }
   return 0;
}

function setCookie(company) { // set a cookie
   var expireDate = new Date();
   expireDate.setMinutes(expireDate.getMinutes()+15);
   document.cookie = "companyName=" + company + ";expires=" + expireDate.toGMTString();
   var readcookie = document.cookie.split("=")[1];
}

function processResponse(data, status) { // ajax stuff
   var newHtml;
   if (status=='success') {
      newHtml=data;
   } else {
      newHtml='<h3>There has been an error<h3>';
   }
   $('.container').html(newHtml);
}