var showobj;
function makeRequest(url,obj)
{
	showobj=obj;
	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); };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}
    function alertContents(http_request) {
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                document.getElementById(showobj).innerHTML =  http_request.responseText;
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }
    }