var xmlHttp

function showSidebar(str) { 
	var url="/AJAX/NewsAJAX.php?ID=" + str
	xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject(stateChanged)
	xmlHttp.open("GET", url , true)
	xmlHttp.send(null)
} 

function hideSidebar() {
	document.getElementById("ShowSidebar").innerHTML=""
}


function stateChanged() {
	if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete") {
		document.getElementById("ShowSidebar").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
	} 
} 

function GetXmlHttpObject(handler) {

	var objXmlHttp=null

	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>=0) {
		alert("This example doesn't work in Opera") 
		return 
	}
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0) { 
		var strName="Msxml2.XMLHTTP"
		if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5")>=0) {
			strName="Microsoft.XMLHTTP"
		} try { 
			objXmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(strName)
			objXmlHttp.onreadystatechange=handler 
			return objXmlHttp
		} catch(e)	{ 
			alert("Error. Scripting for ActiveX might be disabled") 
			return 
		} 
	} 
	if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla")>=0) {
		objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
		objXmlHttp.onload=handler
		objXmlHttp.onerror=handler 
		return objXmlHttp
	}
}