function getServerName()
{
    var str = window.location.protocol + '//' + window.location.hostname;
    return str;
}

function getObjectRefByID(objectId) {
var element = false;

// cross-browser function to get an object given its id
if(document.getElementById && document.getElementById(objectId)) {
// W3C DOM
element = document.getElementById(objectId);
}
else if (document.all && document.all(objectId)) {
// MSIE 4 DOM
element = document.all(objectId);
}
else if (document.layers && document.layers[objectId]) {
// NN 4 DOM.. note: this won’t find nested layers
element = document.layers[objectId];
}

return element;
} 

   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      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 = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=iso-8859-9;");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Referer",window.document.location);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);  
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
			hideContactTimer();
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
	function get(obj) {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	    var poststr = '';
	    for (var i = 0; i<document.forms["MainForm"].elements.length; i++) {
				var FormName = document.forms["MainForm"].elements[i].name;
				if ((i>0)) {poststr += '&';}
				poststr += FormName + '=' + encodeURI( getObjectRefByID(FormName).value );
				//alert (poststr);
	    }
	showContactTimer(); // quickly begin the load bar
	success.style.display = 'none'; // hide the success bar (incase this is a multi-email
	makePOSTRequest(getServerName()+'/formatik/formatik.asp', poststr);
	}

function showContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	loader.style.display = 'block';
}

function hideContactTimer () {
	var loader = document.getElementById('loadBar');
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	// Hide the load bar alas! Done Loading
	loader.style.display = "none";
	success.style.display = "block";
}
function hideSuccess () {
	var success = document.getElementById('emailSuccess');
	success.style.display = "none";
}