/*
** function createRequestObject()
**
** Create a XMLHTTP object.
*/
function createRequestObject()
{
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

/*
** function Set_Cookie()
**
** Set a browser cookie.
**
** NOTE: This really belongs somehere else
*/
function Set_Cookie(name, value, expires, path)
{
    // set time, it's in milliseconds
    var today = new Date();
    today.setTime( today.getTime() );

    expires = expires * 1000 * 60 * 60 * 24;
    var expires_date = new Date( today.getTime() + (expires) );

    document.cookie = name + "=" + escape( value ) +  ";expires=" + expires_date.toGMTString() + ";path=" + path;

}