function getXMLHTTPObject() {
	var xmlhttp=false;
	/*@cc_on @*/
	/*@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
	// JScript gives us Conditional compilation, we can cope with old IE versions.
	// and security blocked creation of the objects.
	 try {
	  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
	  try {
	   xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	  } catch (E) {
	   xmlhttp = false;
	  }
	 }
	@end @*/
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
	  xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	return xmlhttp;
}


//EXAMPLE OF A POST
//http://www.livejournal.com/users/premshree/66129.html
/*
function doSomeStuff() {
	var post_arg1 = document.my_form.post_arg1.value;
	var post_arg2 = document.my_form.post_arg2.value;
	var post_url = 'http://yahoo.com/form_do'
	post_data = 'post_arg1=' + post_arg1 + '&post_arg2=' + post_arg2;
	http.open("POST", post_url);
	http.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
	http.send(post_data);
	http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse;
	return false;
}
*/

//Generic -rpf
function doXMLHTTP_Post(post_url, post_data) {
	http.open("POST", post_url);
	http.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8');
	http.send(post_data);
	http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse;
	return false;
}


var http = getXmlHttpObject_2();

function getXmlHttpObject_2(){
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
		return new XMLHttpRequest();
	else if (window.ActiveXObject)
		return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	else {
		alert("XMLHttpRequest not supported!");
		return null;
	}
}


function handleHttpResponse() {
	if (http.readyState == 4) {
		results = http.responseText;
		alert(results);
	}
}

	
function convertSpecialChars(str){
	str = str.replace('+', '||');
	str = str.replace(' ', '[space]');
	str = str.replace('&', '[ampersand]');
	return str;
}