function bunk(id) {
	return document.getElementById(id);
}
var http_request = false;
function makeRequest(url, functionName, httpType, sendData) {
	http_request = false;
	if (!httpType) httpType = "GET";
	//alert(sendData); return false;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { 
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/plain');
		}
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		try {
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
		}
	}

	if (!http_request) {
		alert('Cannot send an XMLHTTP request');
		return false;
	}

	 var changefunc="http_request.onreadystatechange = "+functionName;
	 eval (changefunc);
	 
	 http_request.open(httpType, url, true);
	 http_request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
	 http_request.send(sendData);

}

function inputMessage() {
	 if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		  if (http_request.status == 200) {
				document.getElementById("showMessage").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
		  }else{
				document.getElementById("showMessage").innerHTML = "Requesting...";
		 }
	}
}