var http_request = false;
   function makeRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            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('GET', url + parameters, true);
      http_request.send(null);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }

   function get2(frm) {
		if (frm.fname.value == "") { showBlank5("Name",frm.fname); return false; }
		if (frm.email.value == "") { showBlank5("Email",frm.email); return false; }
		Email = frm.email.value;
		if (Email.length < 6) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.email.select();
			frm.email.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (Email.indexOf("@") == -1) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.email.select();
			frm.email.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (Email.indexOf(".") == -1) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.email.select();
			frm.email.focus();
			return false;
		}
  
		var getstr = "?";
		getstr += "fname=" + document.myform.fname.value + "&";
		getstr += "email=" + document.myform.email.value + "&";
		getstr += "contact=" + document.myform.c1.checked + "&";
		getstr += "newsletter=" + document.myform.c2.checked + "&";
		makeRequest('/scripts/get.php', getstr);
			return false;
   }
 	function showBlank5(field, obj) {
		msg = "You have missed one of the mandatory fields.\n" + field + " was left blank or not selected.\n";
		alert(msg)
		obj.focus();
	}
   function get5(obj) {
		var getstr = "?";
		getstr += "fname=" + myform.fname.value + "&";
		getstr += "email=" + myform.email.value + "&";

		makeRequest('/scripts/get.php', getstr);
   }

   function get3(frm) {
		if (frm.Name.value == "") { showBlank5("Name",frm.Name); return false; }
		if (frm.Email.value == "") { showBlank5("Email",frm.Email); return false; }
		Email = frm.Email.value;
		if (Email.length < 6) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.Email.select();
			frm.Email.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (Email.indexOf("@") == -1) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.Email.select();
			frm.Email.focus();
			return false;
		}
		if (Email.indexOf(".") == -1) {
			alert("The Email Address you entered was found to be invalid.\nPlease enter a valid Email Address.");
			frm.Email.select();
			frm.Email.focus();
			return false;
		}
			return true;
   }