var http_request = false;

function show_hint ( p_hint_text, p_span ) {
document.getElementById(p_span).innerHTML = p_hint_text ;
}

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, SpanName) {
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 = function() {
if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
if (http_request.status == 200) {
//alert(http_request.responseText);
result = http_request.responseText;
document.getElementById(SpanName).innerHTML = result;
} else {
alert('There was a problem with the request.');
}
}
};
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 Contact(obj,SpanName) {
var curDateTime = new Date(); //For IE 
     var getstr = "";
      for (i=0; i<obj.childNodes.length; i++) {
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "hidden") {
               getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               } else {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
               }
            }
            if (obj.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
               if (obj.childNodes[i].checked) {
                  getstr += obj.childNodes[i].name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
               }
            }
         }   
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
         }
         
         if (obj.childNodes[i].tagName == "TEXTAREA") {
            var sel = obj.childNodes[i];
            getstr += sel.name + "=" + obj.childNodes[i].value + "&";
         }
      }

var SpanName = SpanName; 
//alert (SpanName); 
makePOSTRequest('Process.php', getstr, SpanName);
}