var http_request = false;
			   function makerequest(url, parameters) 
			   {
				  http_request = false;
				  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) 
				  { // Mozilla, Safari,...
					 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
					 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) 
					 {
						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");
				  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
				  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);
						result = http_request.responseText;
						var g = result.split("*");
						document.getElementById('pre').innerHTML = g[0];
						opacity('slideimage', 80, 100, 500);
						document.slideimage.src = g[1]; 
						document.getElementById('imgtitle').innerHTML = g[2];
						document.getElementById('imgdes').innerHTML = g[3]; 
						document.getElementById('next').innerHTML = g[4]; 
					 } else {
						alert('There was a problem with the request.');
					 }
				  }
			   }
			   //######### THIS FUNCTION WILL BE USED FOR OUTCOME REPORT########
			   function get(obj) {
				   //alert(obj);
				   //alert(obj);
				  // var ToDo = document.getElementById('ToDo').value;
				   //alert(ToDo);
				   //var myid = document.getElementById('Id').value;
				   //alert(myid)
				 //  opacity('slideimage', 100, 50, 500);
				  // document.slideimage.src = ""; 
				  

				   var poststr = "start="+obj;
				   //alert(poststr);
				   //alert(ToDo) ;
				   makerequest('ajax.php', poststr);
			   }
			   //setInterval("get(1)", 1000);