function jah(url,target) {
    // native XMLHttpRequest object
//    document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = 'sending...';
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        req = new XMLHttpRequest();
        req.onreadystatechange = function() {jahDone(target);};
        req.open("GET", url, true);
        req.send(null);
    }
}    

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 getPage(url,target) {
  var xmlhttp = getXmlHttp();
  xmlhttp.open('GET', url, false);
  xmlhttp.send(null);
  if(xmlhttp.status == 200) {
    document.getElementById(target).innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
  }
}
function getXmlHttp(){
  var xmlhttp;
  try {
    xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  } catch (e) {
    try {
      xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (E) {
      xmlhttp = false;
    }
  }
  if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
    xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
  return xmlhttp;
}