var http_request = false;
 var istarget;
 var dest;

  function makeRequest(url, placetarget) {
	istarget = placetarget;
 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) { http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html'); }
      } 

	else 

if (window.ActiveXObject) {
         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, true);

	http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
	//http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
	http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	http_request.send(null);
	document.getElementById(istarget).innerHTML = '<img src="wait.gif">';
  }



 function alertContents() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
      if (http_request.status == 200) {

        var string = http_request.responseText;
	//alert (string);
	document.getElementById(istarget).innerHTML = string;
	//alert ('Complete');
      } else {
        alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	//document.getElementById(istarget).innerHTML = "Loading Content....Please Wait!";
      }
    }
  }