var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
         }
      } 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() {
   	  document.getElementById('PROC').innerHTML = "<div style=\"background-color: #FF3333;width:80px;height:30;\"><font face=\"verdana\" size=\"1\" color=\"#FFFFFF\">Processing.....</font></div>";     
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            result = http_request.responseText;
			document.getElementById('PROC').innerHTML  = "";
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function frm_validate() {
    re=/\S/
	var frm = document.signUp;
	if(!re.test(frm.email.value)){
		alert("Email Address Required");
		frm.email.focus();
		frm.email.select();
		return false;
	}
	if(frm.email.value.indexOf(".")==-1 || frm.email.value.indexOf("@")==-1){
		alert("Invalid Email");
		frm.email.focus();
		frm.email.select();
		return false;
	}

	var poststr = "email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value );
    makePOSTRequest('process.php', poststr);
	return false;
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
      var poststr = "mytextarea1=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea1").value ) +
                    "&mytextarea2=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea2").value );
      makePOSTRequest('post.php', poststr);
   }