function makeRequestHTML(url, handler) {
 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 = handler;
 http_request.open('GET', url, true);
 http_request.send(null);
}

function setStatusText(text, area_id, type){
 show = text;
 if(type == 1) show = '<i style="color:#080;">' + show + '</i>';
 document.getElementById(area_id).innerHTML = show;
 timerID = setTimeout("clearStatusText('" + area_id + "')", 3000);
}

function clearStatusText(area_id){
 document.getElementById(area_id).innerHTML = "&nbsp;";
}