/** getElement - Replaces document.getElementById with a more versitle version  **/
function getElement(elementid) {
	try {
		if (document.getElementById) {
			return document.getElementById(elementid);
		}

		if (document.all) {
			return document.all[elementid];
		}
	} catch(e) { showmessage(e.message); }
}

/** XHConn - Simple XMLHTTP Interface  **/
function XHConn( optionalParameter0 ) {
	var xmlhttp, bComplete = false;
	try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); isIE = true; }
	catch (e) { 
		try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); isIE = true; }
		catch (e) { 
			try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
			catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }
		}
	}
	if (!xmlhttp) return null;
	
	this.connect = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone) {
		if (!xmlhttp) return false;
		bComplete = false;
		sMethod = sMethod.toUpperCase();

		sVars += "&" + (new Date).getTime() + "&";

		try {
			if (sMethod == "GET")
			{
				xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL+"?"+sVars, true);
				sVars = "";
			}
			else
				if (sMethod == "POST")
				{
					xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL, true);
					xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST "+sURL+" HTTP/1.1");
					xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
				}      
				else
				{
					xmlhttp.open("POST", sURL, true);
				}
				
			xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
				if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && !bComplete)
				{
					bComplete = true;
					if( optionalParameter0 )
						fnDone(xmlhttp, optionalParameter0);
					else
					fnDone(xmlhttp);
				}
			};
		xmlhttp.send(sVars);
		}
		catch(z) { return false; }
		return true;
	};
	return this;
}