   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            document.getElementById('actionDiv').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
	
	  var poststr = "YName=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("YName").value ) +
					"&YEmail=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("YEmail").value) +
					"&Email1=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Email1").value) +
					"&Email2=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Email2").value) +
					"&Email3=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Email3").value) +
					"&Subject=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Subject").value) +
					"&Message=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Message").value) +
					"&idSong=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("idSong").value) + 
					"&Security=" + encodeURI(document.getElementById("Security").value);
	  
	  ;
      //var poststr = "mytextarea1=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea1").value ) +
      //              "&mytextarea2=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("mytextarea2").value );
      makePOSTRequest('ajax/sendEmail.php', poststr);
   }
   
   function generateSendFriendsForm(obj){
   
		var poststr = '';
		makePOSTRequest('ajax/generateSendFriendsForm.php', poststr);
   }