// JavaScript Document

function makeAjaxRequest(url, queryString, divID) {
	//fadeOut(divID);
	//alert("Making Request: " + url + queryString + ", " + divID); 
        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		  http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
                // See note below about this line
            }
        } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
		
		http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { responseHandler(http_request, divID); };
        http_request.open('GET', url + queryString, true);
		http_request.send(null);
				
}

function responseHandler(http_request, divID) {
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
				
				//populate tempHolder div with the AJAX response
				if(divID!="null"){
				//document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = "";
				document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
				}
				
            } else {
               alert('There was a problem with the request.' + http_request.status);
            }
        }
		
}
