var xmlHttp
var recordID

function search(searchaction)
{
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
	if (xmlHttp==null)
	 {
	 alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
	 return
	 }
	
	var searchaction = encodeURIComponent(searchaction);
	var searchval = encodeURIComponent(searchval);
	
	var url="ajax_search.asp"
	url=url+"?searchaction="+searchaction
	url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
	
	xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=showsearch
	xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
	xmlHttp.send(null)	
}


function showsearch()
{
	var loaddiv = "<div id=loaddiv ><img src=../images/ajax-loader.gif></div>";
	var loaddivend = "<div id=loaddiv ></div>";
		
	if (xmlHttp.readyState == 1) {
		document.getElementById('searchmenu').innerHTML = loaddiv;
	}		
		
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
	 {
		document.getElementById('searchmenu').innerHTML = loaddivend;
		document.getElementById('searchmenu').innerHTML='';
		document.getElementById('searchmenu').innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText
			
	 }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
	var xmlHttp=null;
try
 {
	 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
	 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 //Internet Explorer
 try
  {
	xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
	xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}