function MakeAjaxRequest(TypeOfRequest,url,parameters,ElementID) {
		http_request = false;
		ThisElementID = ElementID;
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
			http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
			/* if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			} */
		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { 
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {
				try {
					http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e) {}
			}
		}
		if (!http_request) {
			alert('There was a problem with the XML request:' + e + ' Please contact technical support.');
			return false;
		}
		http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
		http_request.open(TypeOfRequest, url + parameters, true);
		if (TypeOfRequest == "POST") {
			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);
		} else {
			http_request.send(null);
		}      
   }

	function alertContents() {
		var CurrentElementID = ThisElementID;
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
			// alert(http_request.responseText);
			result = http_request.responseText;
			document.getElementById(CurrentElementID).innerHTML = result;            
			} else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request. Please contact technical support.');
			}
		}
	}