// AJAX

var http_request = false;

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
	http_request = false;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		}
	}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) {
		eval(http_request.responseText);
	 }
  }
}


// Alpha Transparency Correction for IE6

function correctPNG() // correctly handle PNG transparency in Win IE 5.5 & 6.
{
	var arVersion = navigator.appVersion.split("MSIE")
	var version = parseFloat(arVersion[1])
	if ((version >= 5.5) && (document.body.filters)) 
	{
		for(var i=0; i<document.images.length; i++){
		var img = document.images[i]

		var imgName = img.src.toUpperCase()
		if (imgName.substring(imgName.length-3, imgName.length) == "PNG"){
			var imgID = (img.id) ? "id='" + img.id + "' " : ""
			var imgClass = (img.className) ? "class='" + img.className + "' " : ""
			var imgTitle = (img.title) ? "title='" + img.title + "' " : "title='" + img.alt + "' "
			var imgStyle = "display:inline-block;" + img.style.cssText 
			if (img.align == "left") imgStyle = "float:left;" + imgStyle
			if (img.align == "right") imgStyle = "float:right;" + imgStyle
			if (img.parentElement.href) imgStyle = "cursor:hand;" + imgStyle
			var strNewHTML = "<span " + imgID + imgClass + imgTitle
			+ " style="" + "width:" + img.width + "px; height:" + img.height + "px;" + imgStyle + ";"
			+ "filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.AlphaImageLoader"
			+ "(src='" + img.src + "', sizingMethod='scale');"></span>" 
			img.outerHTML = strNewHTML
			i = i-1
			}
		}
	} 
}
if (window.addEventListener){
	window.addEventListener("load", correctPNG, false);
	window.onload=correctPNG();
}else{
	window.attachEvent("onload", correctPNG);
}