<!-- // AJAX STUFF

// globals for AJAX functions
var _ms_XMLHttpRequest_ActiveX = ""; // Holds type of ActiveX to instantiate
 
function retrieveData(url) {
	new AJAXRequest( 'GET', url );
}

function AJAXRequest( method, url, data, process, async, dosend) {
    // self = this; creates a pointer to the current function
    // the pointer will be used to create a "closure". A closure
    // allows a subordinate function to contain an object reference to the
    // calling function. We can't just use "this" because in our anonymous
    // function later, "this" will refer to the object that calls the function 
    // during runtime, not the AJAXRequest function that is declaring the function
    // clear as mud, right?
    // Java this ain't
    
    var self = this;

    // check the dom to see if this is IE or not
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
	// Not IE
        self.AJAX = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
	// Hello IE!
        // Instantiate the latest MS ActiveX Objects
        if (_ms_XMLHttpRequest_ActiveX) {
            self.AJAX = new ActiveXObject(_ms_XMLHttpRequest_ActiveX);
        } else {
	    // loops through the various versions of XMLHTTP to ensure we're using the latest
	    var versions = ["Msxml2.XMLHTTP.7.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0", "Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0", "MSXML2.XMLHTTP",
                        "Microsoft.XMLHTTP"];

            for (var i = 0; i < versions.length ; i++) {
                try {
		    // try to create the object
		    // if it doesn't work, we'll try again
		    // if it does work, we'll save a reference to the proper one to speed up future instantiations
                    self.AJAX = new ActiveXObject(versions[i]);

                    if (self.AJAX) {
                        _ms_XMLHttpRequest_ActiveX = versions[i];
                        break;
                    }
                }
                catch (objException) {
                // trap; try next one
                } ;
            }

            ;
        }
    }
    
    // if no callback process is specified, then assing a default which executes the code returned by the server
    if (typeof process == 'undefined' || process == null) {
        process = executeReturn;
    }

    self.process = process;

    // create an anonymous function to log state changes
    self.AJAX.onreadystatechange = function( ) {
        //logger("AJAXRequest Handler: State =  " + self.AJAX.readyState);
        self.process(self.AJAX);
    }

    // if no method specified, then default to POST
    if (!method) {
        method = "POST";
    }

    method = method.toUpperCase();

    if (typeof async == 'undefined' || async == null) {
        async = true;
    }

    // logger("----------------------------------------------------------------------");
    // logger("AJAX Request: " + ((async) ? "Async" : "Sync") + " " + method + ": URL: " + url + ", Data: " + data);

    self.AJAX.open(method, url, async);

    if (method == "POST") {
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        self.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST " + url + "HTTP/1.1");
    }

    // if dosend is true or undefined, send the request
    // only fails is dosend is false
    // you'd do this to set special request headers
    if ( dosend || typeof dosend == 'undefined' ) {
	    if ( !data ) data=""; 
	    self.AJAX.send(data);
    }
    return self.AJAX;
}
 
function executeReturn( AJAX ) {
	var responseArray;
	var responseText;
	
	if (AJAX.readyState == 4) { // Complete
		if (AJAX.status == 200) { // OK response

			// split response using delimiter <ajax></ajax> divID - innerHTML
			// convert all <ajax> and </ajax> to |||
			responseText = AJAX.responseText;
			responseText = responseText.replace(/\<\/ajax\>/g,"|||");
			responseText = responseText.replace(/\<ajax\>/g,"|||");
			responseArray = responseText.split('|||')
			// loop starting at 1, zeroeth element is null
			for (i = 1; i < responseArray.length-1; i+=4 ) {
				// alert(i + ': ' + responseArray[i] + ' - ' + responseArray[(i+2)] )
				if (document.getElementById(responseArray[i])) {
					document.getElementById(responseArray[i]).innerHTML = responseArray[(i+2)];
				}
				else if (responseArray[(i)] == 'execute') {
					eval( responseArray[(i+2)] );
				}
			}
			
		} else {
			alert("Problem: " + AJAX.status + " - " + AJAX.statusText);
		}
	}
}
// -->
