The mgiSetCookie Tag Tag Behavior The mgiSetCookie tag is used to set a cookie with a specified value. Tag Syntax The mgiSetCookie tag has a beginning tag with one required parameter and 3 optional parameters, a body, and an ending tag. The tag form is: <mgiSetCookie name="Name" expireDate="Date" expireTime="Time" useEncryption="Yes/No"> Cookie Value </mgiSetCookie> Required Parameters: name="Name" where "Name" is the name of the cookie to be set. Optional Parameters: useEncryption="Yes" or "No" where "Yes" indicates that the cookie should be encrypted when set and "No" indicates that the cookie should not be encrypted when set. The default is "No". expireDate="Date" where "Date" is the expiration Date of the cookie in the format mm-dd-yyyy (e.g. 12-31-2001). expireTime="Time" where "Time" is the expiration Time of the cookie in military (24-hour) format hh:mm (e.g. 14:30). Tag Body: The body of the mgiSetCookie tag is the value of the cookie that is set. Example Usage and Output <mgiSetCookie name="Name" expireDate="10-31-99" expireTime="00:01"> <mgiFieldContent name="FirstName"> <mgiFieldContent name="LastName"> </mgiSetCookie> Used in conjunction with a form submission and mgiFieldContent tags, the mgiSetCookie in this example would set a Cookie with the first and last name entered by the visitor. The cookie would not be encrypted. Suggested Usage Cookies

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