function jah(url,target) {
    // native XMLHttpRequest object
    document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = "<div align=center style='width:100%'><img src='loading.gif' /></div>";
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
	//	req.setRequestHeader('Content-length',url.length);
        req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    // IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	//	req.setRequestHeader('Content-length',url.length);
        if (req) {
            req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
            req.open("GET", url, true);
            req.send();
        }
    }
}    

function jahDone(target) {
    // only if req is "loaded"
    if (req.readyState == 4) {
        // only if "OK"
        if (req.status == 200) {
            results = req.responseText;
            document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = results;
        } else {
            document.getElementById(target).innerHTML="jah error:\n" +
                req.statusText;
        }
    }
}

function EncodeString(s) {
var ss = new String();
for( i = 0; i < s.length; i++) {
   var fs = s.charCodeAt(i);
   ss += '&#' + fs + ';';
   }
return ss;
}