function getShoppingCartLink()
{
  var cookielength = 0;
  var cookiename = "";
  var cookievalue  = "";
  var cookiearray = "";

  if(document.cookie)
  {
    cookievalue = GetCookie(" bayerdePublikationen_ShoppingCart");
    if(cookievalue == '')
    {
      cookievalue = GetCookie("bayerdePublikationen_ShoppingCart");
    }
    if(cookievalue != "")
    {
      cookiearray = cookievalue.split("$");
      cookielength = cookiearray.length;
    }

/* alt, jetzt aus support.js
    var myCookie = document.cookie;
    while(myCookie != '')
    {
      cookiename = myCookie.substring(0,myCookie.search('='));

      if(myCookie.length > 0)
      {
        cookievalue = myCookie.substring(myCookie.search('=')+1,myCookie.length);
      }

      if(cookiename == " bayerdePublikationen_ShoppingCart" || cookiename == "bayerdePublikationen_ShoppingCart")
      {
        if(cookievalue != "")
        {
          cookiearray = cookievalue.split("$");
          cookielength = cookiearray.length;
        }
      }
      i = myCookie.search(';')+1;
      if(i == 0)
      {
        i = myCookie.length;
      }
      myCookie = myCookie.substring(i,myCookie.length);
    }
*/

  }
  return cookielength;
}