//common js call

var http_request = false;
   
function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters ,div) 
{ 
  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 = function() 
	{  	
	  if (http_request.readyState == 4) 
	  {
		 if (http_request.status == 200) 
		 {				
			result = http_request.responseText;			
			document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = result;
		 } 
		 else 
		 {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		 }
	  }
	}
  
  //alertContents(div);
  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);
}