// code for calling an entire ajax html snippet to update an object
var bustcachevar=1 //bust potential caching of external pages after initial request? (1=yes, 0=no)
var loadedobjects=""
var rootdomain="http://"+window.location.hostname
var bustcacheparameter=""

function ajaxpage(url, containerid)
{
	var page_request = false
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) // if Mozilla, Safari etc
		page_request = new XMLHttpRequest()
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // if IE
		try {
			page_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
		} 
		catch (e){
			try{
				page_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
			}
			catch (e){}
		}
	} else
		return false
	page_request.onreadystatechange=function(){
		loadpage(page_request, containerid)
	}
	//if (bustcachevar) //if bust caching of external page
	bustcacheparameter=(url.indexOf("?")!=-1)? "&"+new Date().getTime() : "?"+new Date().getTime()
	page_request.open('GET', url+bustcacheparameter, true)
	page_request.send(null)
	return true
}

function loadpage(page_request, containerid){
	if (page_request.readyState == 4 && (page_request.status==200 || window.location.href.indexOf("http")==-1))
		document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML=page_request.responseText
}

function loadobjs(){
	if (!document.getElementById)
		return
	for (i=0; i<arguments.length; i++){
		var file=arguments[i]
		var fileref=""
		if (loadedobjects.indexOf(file)==-1){ //Check to see if this object has not already been added to page before proceeding
			if (file.indexOf(".js")!=-1){ //If object is a js file
				fileref=document.createElement('script')
				fileref.setAttribute("type","text/javascript");
				fileref.setAttribute("src", file);
			}
			else if (file.indexOf(".css")!=-1){ //If object is a css file
				fileref=document.createElement("link")
				fileref.setAttribute("rel", "stylesheet");
				fileref.setAttribute("type", "text/css");
				fileref.setAttribute("href", file);
			}
		}
		if (fileref!=""){
			document.getElementsByTagName("head").item(0).appendChild(fileref)
			loadedobjects+=file+" " //Remember this object as being already added to page
		}
	}
}

// code for returning variables based on an AJAX call
function ajaxObject(url, callbackFunction) {
  var that=this;      
  this.updating = false;
  this.abort = function() {
    if (that.updating) {
      that.updating=false;
      that.AJAX.abort();
      that.AJAX=null;
    }
  }
  this.update = function(passData,postMethod) { 
    if (that.updating) { return false; }
    that.AJAX = null;                          
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {              
      that.AJAX=new XMLHttpRequest();              
    } else {                                  
      that.AJAX=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }                                             
    if (that.AJAX==null) {                             
      return false;                               
    } else {
      that.AJAX.onreadystatechange = function() {  
        if (that.AJAX.readyState==4) {             
          that.updating=false;                
          that.callback(that.AJAX.responseText,that.AJAX.status,that.AJAX.responseXML);        
          that.AJAX=null;                                         
        }                                                      
      }                                                        
      that.updating = new Date();                              
      if (/post/i.test(postMethod)) {
        var uri=urlCall+'?'+that.updating.getTime();
        that.AJAX.open("POST", uri, true);
        that.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        that.AJAX.setRequestHeader("Content-Length", passData.length);
        that.AJAX.send(passData);
      } else {
        var uri=urlCall+'?'+passData+'&amp;timestamp='+(that.updating.getTime()); 
        that.AJAX.open("GET", uri, true);                             
        that.AJAX.send(null);                                         
      }              
      return true;                                             
    }                                                                           
  }
  var urlCall = url;        
  this.callback = callbackFunction || function () { };
}