function ajaxRequest(url,output){
	var xmlHttp;
	try{
	  // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
	  xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
	}catch (e){
	  // Internet Explorer
		try{
			xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}catch (e){
			try{
			  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}catch (e){
			  alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
			  return false;
			}
		}
	}
	
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function(){
		if(xmlHttp.readyState==4){
		  document.getElementById(output).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
		}
    }
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
	xmlHttp.send(null);	
}

var http_request = false;
function ajaxFormRequest(url, parameters, tag){

	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=function(){
		if(http_request.readyState==4){
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
				//alert(http_request.responseText);
				result = http_request.responseText;
				document.getElementById("notepadresult").innerHTML = result;            
			} else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			}
		}
	}
	  
	http_request.open('POST', url, true);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	http_request.send(parameters);
}
   
function postFormRequest(obj, url, tag) {

	var poststr = "&";

	for (i=0; i<obj.getElementsByTagName("input").length; i++) {
		if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].type == "text") {
		   poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].value)) + "&";
		}
		if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].type == "checkbox") {
		   if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].checked) {
			  poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].value)) + "&";
		   } else {
			  poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].name + "=&";
		   }
		}
		if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].type == "radio") {
		   if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].checked) {
			  poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].value)) + "&";
		   }
		}  
		if (obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].tagName == "TEXTAREA") {
			poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(obj.getElementsByTagName("input")[i].value)) + "&";
		}
	}
	
	for (i=0; i<obj.getElementsByTagName("SELECT").length; i++) {
		var sel = obj.getElementsByTagName("SELECT")[i];
		poststr += sel.name + "=" + escape(encodeURI(sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value)) + "&";
	}
	
	for (i=0; i<obj.getElementsByTagName("TEXTAREA").length; i++) {
		poststr += obj.getElementsByTagName("TEXTAREA")[i].name + "=" + obj.getElementsByTagName("TEXTAREA")[i].value + "&";
	}

	ajaxFormRequest(url, poststr, tag);
}