function createRequestObject(){
	var request_o; 
	var browser = navigator.appName; 
	if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
		request_o = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}else{
		request_o = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	return request_o; 
}



function getdata(params){

//the main action
params = params.split(',');
action = params[0];
imageid = params[1];

if(action == 'strip'){
// we dont do this anymore, but leave it in case we want to create some other action
} else if (action == 'imagebox') {

	
		//get image
		var image_o = createRequestObject();
		image_o.open('post', 'xmlhttp_functions.php');
		image_o.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if(image_o.readyState == 4){ 
				var response = image_o.responseText;
				document.getElementById('leftcol').innerHTML = response;
			}	
		}
		image_o.setRequestHeader('Content-Type','application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
		image_o.send('action='+action+'&id=' + imageid);
		
	}

}