var xmlHttp

//window.alert = function (s) { document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = s; }

function showHint(str)
{
if (str.length==0)
  { 
  document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML="";
  return;
  }
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var url="gethint.asp";
url=url+"?q="+str;
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function loadWine(wineURL) {
            
    //retrieve user data
    xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
    if (xmlHttp==null)
      {
      alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
      return;
      } 

    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=loadWine_callback;
    xmlHttp.open("GET",wineURL,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}
      
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;
}      

function loadWine_callback() 
{ 
    if (xmlHttp.readyState==4){ 
        document.getElementById("wineData").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
    }
}