var http_request = false;
   var divID = '';
   function makeRequest(url, parameters, DIVname) {
      divID = DIVname;
	  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 = alertContents;
      http_request.open('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }

   function alertContents() {
	  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		 if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = result;           
         } else {
            document.getElementById(divID).innerHTML = '<img src="ajax/exclamation.gif" width="16" height="16" alt="Error" align="absmiddle" />&nbsp;There was a problem with the request.';
         }
      }
   }
   
   function displayLoader(DIVname){
      document.getElementById(DIVname).style.display = '';
   	  document.getElementById(DIVname).innerHTML = '<BR /><img src="ajax/loading.gif" width="32" height="32" alt="Loading" align="absmiddle" />&nbsp;<strong>Loading...</strong>'; 
   }