function makeRequests() 
{
		var eleID = makeRequests.arguments[1];
		document.getElementById(eleID).innerHTML = 'Checking ...';
		
		var url = makeRequests.arguments[0];
	//	var opt = makeRequest.arguments[1];    
			
        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
                httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                
            }
        } 
        else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } 
                catch (e) {
                           try {
                                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                               } 
                             catch (e) {}
                          }
        }

        if (!httpRequest) {
            alert('Giving up !!!  Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
		httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function () { showcontents(eleID,httpRequest); };
		
        httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
        httpRequest.send(null);
}

function showcontents(eleID,httpRequest)
{
	
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) 
	{
            if (httpRequest.status == 200) 
			{
				//alert(httpRequest.responseText);
			  	document.getElementById(eleID).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;		
            } 
			else 
			{
                alert('There was a problem with the AJAX request.');
				
            }
    }

}