// JavaScript Document
function makeRequest(url,target) {
        var http_request = false;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // 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() { alertContents(http_request,target); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

}

function alertContents(http_request,target) {
		
		var targetObj = document.getElementById(target);
		
        if (http_request.readyState == 1) {
			//Loading
			targetObj.innerHTML = "<img src='../styles/images/ajax-loader.gif' alt='' />";
		}
		else if (http_request.readyState == 2) {
			//Loaded	
			targetObj.innerHTML = "";
		}
		else if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			//Complete
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
				targetObj.innerHTML = http_request.responseText; 
            } 
			else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

}