function createRequestObject() {
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

var http = createRequestObject();

function sndReq(action, name, spanid) {
	ajaxRequest = ajaxFunction();
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
			var response = ajaxRequest.responseText;
			document.getElementById(spanid).innerHTML = response;
		}
	}
	
	ajaxRequest.open("GET", '../cms200/ajax/ajax_calendar_input.php?mydate='+action+'&name='+name+'&spanid='+spanid, true);
	ajaxRequest.send(null);
}


function pick(mydate, name, spanid) {

    show(spanid);
    	document.getElementById(name).value = mydate;
}

function show(spanid) {
    if(document.getElementById(spanid).style.visibility == "hidden")
        document.getElementById(spanid).style.visibility = "visible";
    else
        document.getElementById(spanid).style.visibility = "hidden"
}

function ajaxFunction(){
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	//alert(url.value);
	try{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} catch (e){
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {
			try{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e){
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser broke!");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}

	return (ajaxRequest); 
}