<!--

var http_request = false;
var replace_element;

function createRequest() {
   http_request=false;
   // initialize for Mozilla, etc.
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
     {
     http_request=new XMLHttpRequest()
     }
   // initialize for IE
   else if (window.ActiveXObject)
     {
     try {
         http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");

     } catch (e) {
         try {
             http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {}
       }
     }
}

function theReplace(url,replaceElement,elementTop) {
   var dup = 0;
   createRequest();
   replace_element = replaceElement;

   replace_element.style.display='block';
   if (elementTop) { replace_element.style.top=elementTop + "px"; }

   if (http_request)
     {
     http_request.onreadystatechange=alertContents;
     http_request.open("GET",url + "?sid=" + Math.random(),true);
     http_request.send(null);
     }
}

function alertContents() {
   if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
      if (http_request.status == 200) {
         replace_element.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;      
      }
   }
}
//-->