function getXMLHTTP() { //fuction to return the xml http object
		var xmlhttp=false;	
		try{
			xmlhttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		catch(e)	{		
			try{			
				xmlhttp= new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch(e){
				try{
				xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch(e1){
					xmlhttp=false;
				}
			}
		}
		 	
		return xmlhttp;
    }
	
	function getState(countryId) {		
		
		var strURL="findState.php?country="+countryId;
		var req = getXMLHTTP();
		
		if (req) {
			
			req.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (req.readyState == 4) {
					// only if "OK"
					if (req.status == 200) {						
						document.getElementById('statediv').innerHTML=req.responseText;						
					} else {
						alert("There was a problem while using XMLHTTP:\n" + req.statusText);
					}
				}				
			}			
			req.open("GET", strURL, true);
			req.send(null);
		}		
	}
	function getCity(countryId,stateId) {		
		var strURL="findCity.php?country="+countryId+"&state="+stateId;
		var req = getXMLHTTP();
		
		if (req) {
			
			req.onreadystatechange = function() {
				if (req.readyState == 4) {
					// only if "OK"
					if (req.status == 200) {						
						document.getElementById('citydiv').innerHTML=req.responseText;						
					} else {
						alert("There was a problem while using XMLHTTP:\n" + req.statusText);
					}
				}				
			}			
			req.open("GET", strURL, true);
			req.send(null);
		}
				
	}


function GetXmlHttpObject(handler)
{
    var objXMLHttp=null
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
    {
        objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
    }
    else if (window.ActiveXObject)
    {
        objXMLHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
    }
    return objXMLHttp
}

function stateChanged()
{
    if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
    {
            document.getElementById("txtResult").innerHTML= xmlHttp.responseText;
    }
    else {
            //alert(xmlHttp.status);
    }
}

// Will populate data based on input
function htmlData(url, qStr)
{
    if (url.length==0)
    {
        document.getElementById("txtResult").innerHTML=""; 
        return;
    }
    xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
    if (xmlHttp==null)
    {
        alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request");
        return;
    }

    url=url+"?"+qStr; 
    url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
    xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true) ;
    xmlHttp.send(null);
}

