function alertStdContents(httpRequest,pFrame) {

  if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
    if (httpRequest.status == 200) {

       if (pFrame == null) {
         ;
       } else {
         if (!pFrame.id) { 
           pFrame.document.close();
           pFrame.document.open();
           pFrame.document.write(httpRequest.responseText);
           pFrame.document.close();
           }
         else { 
           // alert(httpRequest.responseText);
           pFrame.innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
           }
       }
     }  
  }

}

function makeRequest(url,alertContents,pFrame) {
  // alert("makeRequest");
  var httpRequest;

  if (alertContents == null) {
    alertContents = alertStdContents; 
    }
  
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
    httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
    if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
      httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
    }
  } 
  else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
    try {
      httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      } 
    catch (e) {
      try {
        httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        } 
      catch (e) {}
      }
    }

  if (!httpRequest) {
    alert('Giving up : Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
    return false;
    }
  // varFrame = pFrame;  

  url = url + "&dummy=" + new Date().getTime();  

  httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest,pFrame); };
  httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
  // httpRequest.open('POST', url, true);
  httpRequest.send(null);

}