var curleft = curtop = 0;
var extraOffset=0;
function findPos(obj) {
	curwidth=obj.offsetWidth;
	//var curleft = curtop = 0;
	if (obj.offsetParent) {
		curleft = obj.offsetLeft
		curtop = obj.offsetTop
		while (obj = obj.offsetParent) {
			curleft += obj.offsetLeft
			curtop += obj.offsetTop
		}
	}
	return [curleft,curtop];
}

/////////////
function xmlhttpPost(elementID,strURL,extraOffset) {
//alert(extraOffset);
//alert(elementID);
 newPos=findPos(document.getElementById(elementID));
// alert (newPos);
 //alert(curleft);
 //alert(curtop);
    var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
    // Mozilla/Safari
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    //self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST', strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.open('GET', strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
            updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText,extraOffset);
        }
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.send(getquerystring()); //need to determine where to use this?
}


function getquerystring() {
    //var form     = document.forms[0];
  //  var word = form.word.value;
  //  qstr = 'w=' + escape(word);  // NOTE: no '?' before querystring
  //  return qstr;
}


function updatepage(str,extraOffset){
//alert(extraOffset);
resultText=str;
document.getElementById("result").innerHTML =str;
}