var xmlHttp
function requestResponse(url)
{
	//alert (url);
	if (url.length==0) { 
		return "0Len";
	}
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
	if (xmlHttp==null) {
  		alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
		return
	} 
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged; 		
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,false);
	xmlHttp.send(null);
	return xmlHttp.responseText;  
} 

function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
 //alert (xmlHttp.responseText);
 
 
 } 
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 // Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}
   //*****************************************
   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      http_request=GetXmlHttpObject()

try {
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserRead");
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
} catch (err) {
alert("Error initializing XMLHttpRequest.\n"+
err); // show error
}


      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      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 alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function postForm(url, theform) {
		var poststr = "";
		for (i=0;i<theform.length;i++) {
			var tempobj=theform.elements[i];
			FieldName = tempobj.name;
            if (poststr != "") {
            	poststr = poststr + "&";
            }
            poststr = poststr + FieldName + "=" + encodeURI(tempobj.value );
		}
       alert(poststr);
      //var poststr = "mytextarea1=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea1").value ) +
      //              "&mytextarea2=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea2").value );
      makePOSTRequest(url, poststr);
   }