	var http_request = false;
	
   	function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      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('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('results').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   function get(obj,toURL,thisarray) {
	var poststr='';
	var arLen=thisarray.length;
    
	for ( var i=0; i<arLen; ++i )
		{
			poststr = poststr + thisarray[i] + "=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById(thisarray[i]).value);
			if( i < arLen )
			{
				poststr = poststr + "&";
			}
		}
	 makePOSTRequest(toURL, poststr);
   }

   
function closeopen(tagid){
document.getElementById(tagid).style.display = (document.getElementById(tagid).style.display == "block") ? 'none' : 'block';
} 
