//global variables to keep track of the request and the function to call when done

var ajaxreq = false, ajaxCallback;



//ajaxRequest: sets up a request

function ajaxRequest(filename) {

	try {

		//Firefox / IE7 / Others

		ajaxreq = new XMLHttpRequest();

	} catch (error) {

		try {

			//IE5 / IE6

			axareq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

		} catch (error) {

			return false;

		}

	}

	

	ajaxreq.open("GET", filename);

	ajaxreq.onreadystatechange = ajaxResponse;

	ajaxreq.send(null);

}



//ajaxResponse: Waits for response and calls a function

function ajaxResponse () {

	//if (ajaxreq.readyState < 4) {

	//	gears = document.getElementById("centertext");

	//	gears.innerHTML = "<img src='http://localhost/K-Universal6.0/public_html/css/pics/Gears03.gif'>";

	//}

	if (ajaxreq.readyState == 4) {

		if (ajaxreq.status == 200) {

			//if the request succeeded...

			if (ajaxCallback) {

				ajaxCallback();

			}

		} else alert("Request failed: " + ajaxreq.statusText);

		return true;

	}

}