var http_request = false;
var div          = null;

function getHTTPRequest() {
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
    http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
    try { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try { http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (e) {}
    }
  }
  return http_request;
}
  
function makeRequest2(url, pdiv) {
  loading(pdiv);
  div = pdiv;
  http_request = getHTTPRequest();
  if (http_request) {
    http_request.onreadystatechange = handleResponse2;
    http_request.open('GET', url, true);
    http_request.send(null);
    http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html; charset=ISO-8859-2');
  } else {
    alert('Error in makeRequest, cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
  }
}

// browser fires this periodically until readyState == 4
function handleResponse2() {
  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
    if (http_request.status == 200) {
  //  alert(http_request.responseText)
      document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
  //  document.write(http_request.responseText);
 } else {
//      alert('Error in handleRepsonse, readyState==4');
//      alert(http_request.status);
    }
  }
}
  
// ---

function loading(div) {
  document.getElementById(div).innerHTML = '<img src=\"./images/activity.gif\">';
}