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('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.forms['ContactForm'].elements['name2'].value ) +
"&email=" + encodeURI( document.forms['ContactForm'].elements['email2'].value ) +
"&uniqueID=" + curDateTime +
"&message=" + encodeURI( document.forms['ContactForm'].elements['message2'].value ) +
"&company=" + encodeURI( document.forms['ContactForm'].elements['company2'].value ) ;
var SpanName = SpanName;
//alert (SpanName);
makePOSTRequest('contact.php', poststr, SpanName);
}