// Zion lan AJAX junk
	// By Kevin Fitzgerald
	// inital code from the mozilla public domain

	var http_request = false;
	
	function makeRequest(url, receiveing_method) 
	{
	
	    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('ZL Error: Cannot update your preferences to save menu expansion settings. [No JS+XML Capabilites]\nSolution: Get a newer or better browser.');
	        return false;
	    }
	    http_request.onreadystatechange = receiveing_method;
	    http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	    http_request.send(null);
	
	}
	
	/*function makeSyncronousRequest(url, receiveing_method) 
	{
	
	    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('ZL Error: Cannot update your preferences to save menu expansion settings. [No JS+XML Capabilites]\nSolution: Get a newer or better browser.');
	        return false;
	    }
	    http_request.onreadystatechange = receiveing_method;
	    http_request.open('GET', url, false);
	    http_request.send(null);
	
	}*/
	
	function alertContents() 
	{
	
	    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
	        if (http_request.status == 200) {
	            var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
	            var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('root').item(0);
	            alert(root_node.firstChild.data);
	        } else {
	            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	        }
	    }	
	}
	
	function zl_handle_menu_set()
	{
		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
	        if (http_request.status == 200) {
	            var xmldoc = http_request.responseXML;
	            var root_node = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName('preference-result').item(0);
	            //alert( http_request.responseText );
	            //check if result isnt ok
	            if( root_node.firstChild.data != "Menu Set OK." )
	            {
	            	//alert( "Could not update menu preferences. [return result not OK]" );
	            }
	        } else {
	            //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
	        }
	    }
	}
	
	// ^^  not alerting for the meantime
	// ( if the client causes an error with the ajax bit, 
	//   then they suck and they dont deserve to have their menu preferences saved )