var http_request = false;

function show_hint(p_hint_text, p_span) {
  document.getElementById(p_span).innerHTML = p_hint_text ;
}

function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, SpanName) {
  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 = function() {
    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
      if (http_request.status == 200) {
        //alert(http_request.responseText);
        result = http_request.responseText;
        document.getElementById(SpanName).innerHTML = result;
//        document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = 'Ready';
      } else {
		 alert(http_request.responseText);
        alert('There was a problem with the request.');
      }
    }
  };
  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 Contact(obj,SpanName) {
  var curDateTime = new Date(); //For IE
  var poststr = "name=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Name").value) + "&address1=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Address1").value) + "&address2=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Address2").value) + "&account=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Account").value) + "&email=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Email").value) + "&r_Name=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("r_Name").value) + "&r_Address1=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("r_Address1").value) + "&r_Address2=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("r_Address2").value) + "&r_Phone=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("r_Phone").value) + "&uniqueID=" + curDateTime;;
  var SpanName = SpanName;
  //alert (SpanName);
  //makePOSTRequest('send.php', poststr, SpanName);
  makePOSTRequest('/includes/tell_a_friend_send.php', poststr, SpanName);
}