var xmlHttp
	
	function GetXmlHttpObject(handler)
	{ 
		var objXmlHttp=null
		
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Opera")>=0)
		{
			alert("This example doesn't work in Opera") 
			return 
		}
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0)
		{ 
			var strName="Msxml2.XMLHTTP"
			if (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 5.5")>=0)
			{
				strName="Microsoft.XMLHTTP"
			} 
			try
			{ 
				objXmlHttp=new ActiveXObject(strName)
				objXmlHttp.onreadystatechange=handler 
				return objXmlHttp
			} 
			catch(e)
			{ 
				alert("Error. Scripting for ActiveX might be disabled") 
				return 
			} 
		} 
		if (navigator.userAgent.indexOf("Mozilla")>=0)
		{
			objXmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest()
			objXmlHttp.onload=handler
			objXmlHttp.onerror=handler 
			return objXmlHttp
		}
	}  /*-- Function GetXmlHttpObject() Ends Here --*/
	
	function showCountries(str,abs_path)
	{ 
		var url=abs_path+"getRegions.php?sid=" + Math.random() + "&c=" + str
		xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject(countryChanged)
		xmlHttp.open("GET", url , true)
		xmlHttp.send(null)
	}  /*-- Function showCountries(str) Ends Here --*/
	
	function countryChanged() 
	{ 
		if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
		{ 
			document.getElementById("txtState").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 		
		} 
	}  /*-- Function countryChanged() Ends Here --*/