[xsl] Getting a difinitive answer on XSL & Cookies

[Michael <msell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I know that this question may have been done to death on many different 
levels, but I was hoping I could get a definitive answer on this 
question, so here goes...

Question:
Can cookie data be read anywhere in an XSL stylesheet during 
transformation? If so, how?

Additional:
I know that errors can occur from JavaScript due to typecast problems, 
so would using VBScript in its place be of any use? I'm using the MSXSL 
parser, so this isn't a problem. Also, i've figured out how to run the 
VBScript during transformation using "msxsl:script" correctly; my 
current problem comes from not being able to access the 
"document.cookie" during transformation to obtain the cookie data. This 
is of course because the document hasn't been generated yet, but can the 
cookie data be accessed another way?

Any help would be greatly appreciated guys, thanks for taking the time 
to read this...
Michael.