var xmlHttp

function showResults(str, str2)
{
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
{
alert ("Your browser does not support the XMLHttpRequest object.")
return
}
var url="getResults.asp"
url=url+"?title="+str
url=url+"&director="+str2
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function stateChanged()
{
  if (xmlHttp.readyState == 0)
  {
document.getElementById("txtResults").innerHTML = "<p> Search in progress...</p>"; //loading
  }
  else if(xmlHttp.readyState == 1)
  {
document.getElementById("txtResults").innerHTML = "<p> Search in progress...</p>"; //loaded
  }
  else if(xmlHttp.readyState == 2)
  {
document.getElementById("txtResults").innerHTML = "<p> Search in progress...</p>"; //interactive
  }
  else if(xmlHttp.readyState == 3)
  {
document.getElementById("txtResults").innerHTML = "<p> Loading data...</p>";
  }
  else if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
  { 
  document.getElementById("txtResults").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
  } 
} 

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{ 
  var objXMLHttp=null
  
  try {
    objXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); //later IE
  } catch (e) {
  try {
    objXMLHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); //earlier IE
  } catch (e) {
  objXMLHttp = null;
  }
  }
  
  if (objXMLHttp==null)
  {
    objXMLHttp=new XMLHttpRequest() //IE7, Firefox, Safari
  }
  return objXMLHttp
}