function makeRequest(url,result_area)
{
	var httpRequest;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType)
		{
			httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		}
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject)
	{
		try
		{
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} 
		catch (e)
		{
			try
			{
				httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e) 
			{
			}
		}
	}
	if (!httpRequest)
	{
		alert('Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance!');
		return false;
	}
	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() {showajax(httpRequest,result_area);};
	httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
	httpRequest.send(null);
}
function showajax(httpRequest,result_area)
{
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4)
	{
		if (httpRequest.status == 200)
		{
			result_area = document.getElementById(result_area);
			result_area.innerHTML = (httpRequest.responseText);
		}
		else
		{
			alert('There was a problem with the request!');
		}
	}
}