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('commentbox').innerHTML = result;            
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
      var poststr = "curgame=" + escape(encodeURI(document.getElementById("curgame").value )) +"&thiscomment=" + escape(encodeURI( document.getElementById("thiscomment").value ));
      makePOSTRequest('1addcomment.php', poststr);
   }
   
   

//Browser Support Code
function ajaxFunction()
{
	var ajaxRequest;  // The variable that makes Ajax possible!
	
	try
	{
		// Opera 8.0+, Firefox, Safari
		ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} 
	catch (e)
	{
		// Internet Explorer Browsers
		try
		{
			ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} 
		catch (e) 
		{
			try
			{
				ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e)
			{
				// Something went wrong
				alert("Your browser does not seem to support AJAX.");
				return false;
			}
		}
	}
	// Create a function that will receive data sent from the server
	ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function()
	{
		if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4)
		{
			var ajaxDisplay = document.getElementById('favdisplay');
			ajaxDisplay.innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;

		}
	}
	var favgame = document.getElementById('favgame').value;
	var queryString = "?favgame=" + favgame;
	ajaxRequest.open("GET", "1addfav.php" + queryString, true);
	ajaxRequest.send(null);
}



/* Modified to support Opera */
function bookmarksite()
{
	var nonie = 'It does not appear your browser supports this functionality. You are going to have to Favorite/Bookmark the page manually using your browser menu.';

	if (window.sidebar) // firefox
	{
		window.sidebar.addPanel(document.title, location.href, "");
	}

	else if(window.opera && window.print) // opera
	{
		var elem = document.createElement('a');
		elem.setAttribute('href',location.href);
		elem.setAttribute('title',document.title);
		elem.setAttribute('rel','sidebar');
		elem.click();
	} 
	else if(document.all)// ie
	{
		window.external.AddFavorite(location.href, document.title);
	}
	else
	{
		alert(nonie);
	}
}


function textcounter(field,cntfield,maxlimit) 
{
	if (field.value.length > maxlimit)
	{
		field.value = field.value.substring(0, maxlimit);
	}
	else
	{
		cntfield.value = maxlimit - field.value.length;
	}
}