var http_request = false;
var name = "";
function makePOSTRequest(parameters) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
		// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
		//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
	 }
  } 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('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
	 return false;
  }
  
  http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
  url = name + ".php" + "?" + parameters;
  
  
  http_request.open('POST', url, true);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
  http_request.send(parameters);
}

function alertContents() {
  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
	 if (http_request.status == 200) {
		if(name == "checkout")document.getElementById("checkout").innerHTML = "";
		result = http_request.responseText;
		document.getElementById("ups1").innerHTML = result; 
		
	 } else {
		alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	 }
  }
}

function get(file, ancor) {
	//alert(name);
	if(file == "ups1")document.getElementById("ups1").innerHTML = "<span style='font-size:16px;font-family:verdana;font-weight:bold;'>Please wait...</span>"; 
	//document.getElementById(name).innerHTML = "<span style='color:black; font-weight:bold; font-size:12px; font-family:verdana; text-decoration:blink;'>Product loading...</span>";			
	//document.getElementById("mproducts").innerHTML = ""; 
	//
	name = file;
	makePOSTRequest(ancor);
}

function hello(id){
	f = document.shoppingcart;
	f.service.value = id;
	//f.activity.value = activity;
	f.submit();
}