function hide(el) {
	isIE  = (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE") != -1) ? true : false;
	if (isIE) {
		disp = 'none';
	} else {
		disp = 'none';
	  }

	elh = document.getElementById(el);
	elh.style.display = disp;
	return;
}

function show(el) {
	var elh = document.getElementById(el);
	elh.style.display='block';
	return;
}

function makeHttpRequest(url, callback_function, return_xml)
{
 var http_request, response, i;

 var activex_ids = [
   'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
   'MSXML2.XMLHTTP',
   'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'
 ];


 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, IE7+...
   http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
     http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
   }
 } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE6 and older
   for (i = 0; i < activex_ids.length; i++) {
     try {
       http_request = new ActiveXObject(activex_ids[i]);
     } catch (e) {}
   }
 }

 if (!http_request) {
   alert('Unfortunately your browser doesn’t support this feature.');
   return false;
 }

 http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (http_request.readyState !== 4) {
       // not ready yet
       return;
   }
   if (http_request.status !== 200) {
     // ready, but not OK
     alert('There was a problem with the request.(Code: ' + http_request.status + ')');
     return;
   }
   if (return_xml) {
     response = http_request.responseXML;
   } else {
     response = http_request.responseText;
   }
   // invoke the callback
   callback_function(response);
 };

 http_request.open('GET', url, true);
 http_request.send(null);
}

function makeHttpRequest__(url_, callback_function, return_xml)
{
 var http_request, response, i;

 var activex_ids = [
   'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
   'MSXML2.XMLHTTP',
   'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'
 ];


 if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, IE7+...
   http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
   if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
     http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
   }
 } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE6 and older
   for (i = 0; i < activex_ids.length; i++) {
     try {
       http_request = new ActiveXObject(activex_ids[i]);
     } catch (e) {}
   }
 }

 if (!http_request) {
   alert('Unfortunately your browser doesn’t support this feature.');
   return false;
 }

 http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
   if (http_request.readyState !== 4) {
       // not ready yet
       return;
   }
   if (http_request.status !== 200) {
     // ready, but not OK
     alert('There was a problem with the request.(Code: ' + http_request.status + ')');
     return;
   }
   if (return_xml) {
     response = http_request.responseXML;
   } else {
     response = http_request.responseText;
   }
   // invoke the callback
   callback_function(response);
 };

 http_request.open('GET', url_, true);
 http_request.send(null);
}