var obj=null;
    var http_request = false;
    function makeRequest(url,ob) {

        http_request = false;
        obj=ob;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
            http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
                http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            }
        } 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 = alertContents;
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

    function alertContents() {

		var rq=eval(obj+"");
		rq.innerHTML="";
        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
 //               alert(http_request.responseText);
 				 rq.innerHTML=bytes2BSTR(http_request.responseBody);
  				if (rq.innerHTML.length<2)
	               {rq.innerHTML=http_request.responseText;}
	           // test();	           
              // S1.value=rq.innerHTML;
               
               
            } else {
                alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }

    }