function jah(url,target) {
    //alert("url="+url+"\ntarget="+target);
    // native XMLHttpRequest object
	document.getElementById(target).style.display = 'block';
	document.getElementById(target).style.visibility = 'visible';
	if (target=="d_outerbox"){
    document.getElementById("d_contentbody_left").innerHTML = '<h3>retrieving content ...</h3>';
    }else{
    document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = '<h3>retrieving content ...</h3>';
    }
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    // IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (req) {
            req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
            req.open("GET", url, true);
            req.send();
        }
    }
}    

function jahDone(target) {
    // only if req is "loaded"
    if (req.readyState == 4) {
        // only if "OK"
        if (req.status == 200) {
            results = req.responseText;
            //alert("result="+results);
                document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = results;
        } else {
                document.getElementById(target).innerHTML="error:\n" + req.statusText;
        }
    }
}

function pausecomp(millis)
{
date = new Date();
var curDate = null;

do { var curDate = new Date(); }
while(curDate-date < millis);
}