function getXMLItem(parentNode, itemName) {
	
	var itemValue = "";

	if (parentNode
		&& parentNode.getElementsByTagName(itemName) 
		&& parentNode.getElementsByTagName(itemName)[0]
		&& parentNode.getElementsByTagName(itemName)[0].firstChild)
	{
		itemValue = parentNode.getElementsByTagName(itemName)[0].firstChild.data;
	}
	
	return itemValue;

}

function readTextWithGet(urlToCall, functionToCallBack)
{ 
  var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new 
     ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", urlToCall); 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
    { 
      if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
        XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { 
          functionToCallBack(XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText); 
          delete XMLHttpRequestObject;
          XMLHttpRequestObject = null;
      } 
    } 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); 
  }
}

function readXmlWithGet(urlToCall, functionToCallBack)
{ 
  var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new 
     ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", urlToCall); 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
    { 
      if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
        XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { 
          functionToCallBack(XMLHttpRequestObject.responseXML); 
          delete XMLHttpRequestObject;
          XMLHttpRequestObject = null;
      } 
    } 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); 
  }
}

function readTextWithPost(urlToCall, dataToSend, functionToCallBack)
{ 
  var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new 
     ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject.open("POST", urlToCall); 
    XMLHttpRequestObject.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 
      'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
    { 
      if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
        XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) {
          functionToCallBack(XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText); 
          delete XMLHttpRequestObject;
          XMLHttpRequestObject = null;
      } 
    }

    XMLHttpRequestObject.send(dataToSend); 
  }
}

function readXmlWithPost(urlToCall, dataToSend, functionToCallBack)
{ 
  var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject = new 
     ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }

  if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
    XMLHttpRequestObject.open("POST", urlToCall); 
    XMLHttpRequestObject.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 
      'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); 

    XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() 
    { 
      if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && 
        XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) {
          functionToCallBack(XMLHttpRequestObject.responseXML); 
          delete XMLHttpRequestObject;
          XMLHttpRequestObject = null;
      } 
    }

    XMLHttpRequestObject.send(dataToSend); 
  }
}