/******************************************
* Ajax load XML file script -- By Eddie Traversa (http://dhtmlnirvana.com/)
* Script featured on Dynamic Drive (http://www.dynamicdrive.com/)
* Keep this notice intact for use
******************************************/

var result;
   
function ajaxLoader(url,id)
{
	if (document.getElementById) 
	{
		var x = (window.ActiveXObject) ? new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") : new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	if (x)
		{
	x.onreadystatechange = function()
			{
		if (x.readyState == 4 && x.status == 200)
				{
				el = document.getElementById(id);
				el.innerHTML = x.responseText;
			}
		}
		x.open("GET", url, true);
		x.send(null);
	}
	return false;
}

function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      http_request.onreadystatechange = loadContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
 }
 

function loadContents() {
   if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
      if (http_request.status == 200) {
         //alert(http_request.responseText);
         result = http_request.responseText;
         //document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;  
		 return result;          
      } else {
         alert('There was a problem with the request.');
      }
   }
}