///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters,waitMsg,pageEl) {
      document.getElementById('sysmsg').innerHTML = waitMsg;
      
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } 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('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {responseXMLHTTP('sysmsg',pageEl);};
      
    http_request.open("GET",url+'?'+parameters+'&sid='+parseInt(Math.random()*99999999999999999999),true);
    http_request.send(null);
   }



function responseXMLHTTP(pageElement,pageEl){
    var output = '';
    if(http_request.readyState == 4){
        output = http_request.responseText;
        document.getElementById('sysmsg').innerHTML = output;
        document.getElementById(pageEl).innerHTML = '(Saved)';
    }
}