var http_request = false;
var ajaxMsgSending = "";

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)
		{
			result = http_request.responseText;
			
			if(result != "")
			{
				finalAjaxProcess(result);
			}
		}
		else
		{
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
      }
}

function finalAjaxProcess(msg)
{	       
	ShowAjaxMsg(msg);
}