// JavaScript Document

function makeRequest(url,page,states) {
	if(!states) states = '';
	var httpRequest;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		}
		catch (e) {
			try {
				httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (e) {}
		}
	}
	if (!httpRequest) {
		alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	document.getElementById('waiter').style.visibility='visible';
	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest,page); };
	httpRequest.open('GET', url+'?'+states, true);
	httpRequest.send('');
}
function alertContents(httpRequest,page) {
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4 && httpRequest.status == 200) {
		document.getElementById('page'+page).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
		document.getElementById('waiter').style.visibility='hidden';
	}
}
