var DHTML = (document.getElementById || document.all || document.layers);
function getObj(name)
{
  if (document.getElementById)
  {
  	this.obj = document.getElementById(name);
	this.style = document.getElementById(name).style;
  }
  else if (document.all)
  {
	this.obj = document.all[name];
	this.style = document.all[name].style;
  }
  else if (document.layers)
  {
   	this.obj = document.layers[name];
   	this.style = document.layers[name];
  }
}
function hide(item)
{
	if (!DHTML) return;
	var x = new getObj(item);
	x.style.visibility = 'hidden';
	x.style.width = '0px';
}
function show(item)
{
	if (!DHTML) return;
	var x = new getObj(item);
	x.style.visibility = 'visible';
	x.style.width = '500px';
}

function getform(thisform)
{
    var formdata = "";
    for (i=0; i < thisform.length; i++)
    {
         if(thisform.elements[i].type == "text"){ //Handle Textbox's
                  formdata = formdata + thisform.elements[i].name + "=" + escape(thisform.elements[i].value) + "&";
         }else if(thisform.elements[i].type == "textarea"){ //Handle textareas
                  formdata = formdata + thisform.elements[i].name + "=" + escape(thisform.elements[i].value) + "&";
         }else if(thisform.elements[i].type == "checkbox"){ //Handle checkbox's
                 formdata = formdata + thisform.elements[i].name + "=" + thisform.elements[i].checked + "&";
         }else if(thisform.elements[i].type == "radio"){ //Handle Radio buttons
                  if(thisform.elements[i].checked==true){
                     formdata = formdata + thisform.elements[i].name + "=" + thisform.elements[i].value + "&";
                  }
         }else{
                  //finally, this should theoretically this is a select box.
                  formdata = formdata + thisform.elements[i].name + "=" + escape(thisform.elements[i].value) + "&";
         }
    }
       sendUrl('/rss-1html-2ajax-3form.html', formdata);
}


/** XHConn - Simple XMLHTTP Interface - bfults@gmail.com - 2005-04-08        **
 ** Code licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License      **
 ** http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/                           **/
function XHConn()
{
  var xmlhttp, bComplete = false;
  try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
  catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
  catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
  catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }}}
  if (!xmlhttp) return null;
  this.connect = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone)
  {
    if (!xmlhttp) return false;
    bComplete = false;
    sMethod = sMethod.toUpperCase();
    try {
      if (sMethod == "GET")
      {
        xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL+"?"+sVars, true);
        sVars = "";
      }
      else
      {
        xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL, true);
        xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST "+sURL+" HTTP/1.1");
        xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
          "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      }
      xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
        if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && !bComplete)
        {
          bComplete = true;
          fnDone(xmlhttp);
        }};
      xmlhttp.send(sVars);
    }
    catch(z) { return false; }
    return true;
  };
  return this;
}

function sendUrl(url, param) {

	//initialize XHConn (if XHConn isn't created successfully, 
	//the client doesnt' support Ajax)
	var ajaxConn = new XHConn();
	
	//post to mypage.php with args foo and baz
	ajaxConn.connect(url, "POST", 
	  param,handleCallback);
	
}

function handleCallback(receiveReq) {

	
}