function AJAX_makeRequest(url, elementid) {

			if (url!="") {
		
				var http_request = false;
		
				if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
					http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
					if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
						http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
						// See note below about this line
					}
				} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
					try {
						http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
					} catch (e) {
						try {
							http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
						} catch (e) {}
					}
				}
		
				if (!http_request) {
					//alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
					return false;
				}
				http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request, elementid); };
				http_request.open('GET', url, true);
				http_request.send(null);
			}

    }

    function alertContents(http_request, elementid) {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
                document.getElementById(elementid).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
            } else {
                //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }