function makeRequest(url, params, typos) {
	var params = params;
	if (!url) {document.getElementById(params).innerHTML = ""; return;}
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } 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() { alertContents(params,typos); };
      http_request.open('GET', url, true);
      http_request.send(null);

   }




   function alertContents(par,typ) {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
		if (typ=="img"){
            document.getElementById(par).innerHTML = "<img src=\""+ result+"\" border=0>";}
		else{document.getElementById(par).innerHTML = result;}
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }