function ajaxRequest(url) 
{   
  var AJAX = null;                                        // Initialize the AJAX variable.
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest)                              // Does this browser have an XMLHttpRequest object?      
  {  
    AJAX = new XMLHttpRequest();                          // Yes -- initialize it.   
  } 
  else                                                    // No, try to initialize it IE style      
  { 
    AJAX = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");        
  }                                                
  // End setup Ajax.   
  if (AJAX != null)
  { 
    AJAX.open("GET", url, true);                                   // Open the url this object was set-up with.
    AJAX.send(null);                                               // Send the request. 
  }
  else
  {                                                      // If we couldn't initialize Ajax...      
    //alert("Your browser doesn't support AJAX.");       // Sorry msg.                                                     
    return false                                        // Return false, couldn't set up ajax   
  }
}