function getHttpRequest()
	{
		var request = false;
		try
		{
			//try the create the XMLHttpRequest object
			request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		}
		catch (trymicrosoft)
		{
			try
			{
				//try to create the XMLHttpRequest using ActiveXObject via Msxml2.XMLHTTP
				request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			}
			catch (othermicrosoft)
			{
				try
				{
					//try to create the XMLHttpRequest using the ActiveXObject via Microsoft.XMLHTTP
					request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				}
				catch (failed)
				{
					//There is no way to create the object.
					request = false;
				}
			}
		}

		if(!request)
			alert("Cannot create XMLHttpRequest()");
		else
			//alert("yapers");
			
		return request;
	}
	
	//The form variable can act as an HTML form or eventIDs 
	//function callServer(form,functionCall)
	function callserver(view_name,groupID,themeID,page_number,search_input,total_records)
	{
		//alert(functionCall);
		//var errorMsg = validateForm(form,functionCall);
		
		//if(errorMsg != "")
		//{
			//document.getElementById('ErrorMessage').innerHTML = "Please fix the following error(s): <br>"+errorMsg;
			//return;
		//}
		
		//alert("in callServer");
		//url="";
		//error = "";
		
		request = getHttpRequest();

		//alert(request);
		if (!request)
		{
			alert("unable to get XMLHttprequest");
			return false;
		}
		
		//var path = "http://192.168.51.228/wp-mu/wp-content/themes/wznews/";

		//var url = 	path+"View/controller.php?"	+
		var url = 	"/wp-mu/wp-content/themes/wznews/View/controller.php?"	+
					"view="			+ view_name		+
					"&group="		+ groupID		+
					"&PageNo="		+ page_number	+
					"&Theme="		+ themeID		+
					"&Search="		+ search_input	+
					"&rec="			+ total_records	+
					"&alg=asc";
		
		
		//add a random number to prevent the server from using a cached file
		url=url+"&sid="+Math.random();
		//alert(url);
		//exit();
		request.open("GET",url,true);
		
		//when the server is done processing. This page will execute the function()
		request.onreadystatechange = function()
		{
			/***
			//check the status of the request
			try
			{
				alert(request.status);
			}
			catch (error)
			{
				alert(error);
			}
			***/

			if(request.readyState == 4 || request.readyState=="complete")
			{
				if(request.status == 200)
				{
					document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = request.responseText;
				}
				else if (request.status == 404)
				{
					document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = "Request URL not found ";
				}
				else 
				{
					//alert("not good to go");
					document.getElementById('output').innerHTML = "Unable to get a response back from the server";
					//document.getElementById('ErrorMessage').innerHTML = request.status;
				}
			}
		}
		request.send(null);
	}