function setRepsCookie(value) {
      var expDate = new Date("December 31, 2099");
      setCookie("repsloc", value, expDate, "/", "vishay.com", "");
    }

    function changeLocation(value, breadcrumb) {
      if (value == "United States") {
        alert ("Please choose a state under '" + value + ".'");
      }
      else if (value == "Canada") {
        alert ("Please choose a province under '" + value + ".'");
      }
      else if (value == "Mexico, Central America" || value == "South America") {
        alert ("Please choose a country under '" + value + ".'");
      }
      else {
        setRepsCookie(value);
        // change spaces to plus signs
        value = value.replace(/ /g, "+");
        
        newloc = "sales?locs=" + value;

        // if a piece beginning with docid= is in the query string, pass it along
        docidLoc = location.toString().indexOf('docid=');
        if (docidLoc > -1)
        {
            newloc += "&docid=" + location.toString().substr( docidLoc + 6 );
        }

        if (breadcrumb != "")
        {
            newloc += "&bc=" + breadcrumb;
        }
        top.window.location.href = newloc;
      }
    return false;
  }