var cElement;
	
   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, elm) {
     cElement=elm;
	  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;
      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) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
			eval("document.getElementById('"+cElement+"').innerHTML = result;");
			tb_init('a.thickbox, area.thickbox, input.thickbox');
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
	  }
   }