var http_request = false;
var this_ajax = false;

function getRequest(url) {

	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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	http_request.onreadystatechange = getContents;
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);

}

function makeRequest(url,myfuntion) {
	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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	http_request.onreadystatechange = ajaxContents;
	http_request.open('GET', url, false);
	http_request.send(null);
	return this_ajax;
}

function ajaxContents() {
	
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		if (http_request.status == 200) {
			var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
			var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('root').item(0);
			//alert(root_node.firstChild.data);
			if(root_node.firstChild.data == 1)
				this_ajax = true;
			else
				this_ajax = false;
			//return root_node.firstChild.data;
		} else {
			this_ajax = false;
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		}
	}

}