//functions.js
	
//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid IE instance.
var xmlhttp = false;

//Check if we are using IE.
try {
	//If the javascript version is greater than 5.
	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch (e) {
	//If not, then use the older active x object.
	try {
		//If we are using IE.
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (E) {
		//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
		xmlhttp = false;
	}
}

//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a JavaScript instance of the object.
if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
	xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
	
	
function makerequest(serverPage, objID) {
	var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
	$(obj).hide();
	xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage);
	xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
		if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
			obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
			$(obj).fadeIn("slow");
		}
	}
	xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function makeActive(theActiveLink) {
	if (theActiveLink.className != 'active') {
		var contentAreaDiv = document.getElementById('navigation'); 
		var links = contentAreaDiv.getElementsByTagName('a');
		var linkslength = links.length; 
		for (var i = 0; i < linkslength; i++) { 
			var thelink = links[i];
				thelink.className = ''; 
		}
		theActiveLink.className = 'active';
	}
}