var ewd_domain = 'http://www.oschti.ch/oschti/functions/rating/'; //set domain  

var ewd_loading_img = ewd_domain + 'images/load.gif';//set image path  

var ewd_loading_msg = 'Lade...';//set loading message  

var xmlhttp_obj = false;
//create the XMLHttpRequest
function ewd_xmlhttp(){  

 if (window.XMLHttpRequest){ // if Mozilla, Safari etc  

  xmlhttp_obj = new XMLHttpRequest();  

 }else if (window.ActiveXObject){ // if IE  

  try{  

   xmlhttp_obj = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");  

  }catch (e){  

   try{  

    xmlhttp_obj = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");  

   }catch (e){  

   }  

  }  

 }else{  

  xmlhttp_obj = false;  

 }  

 return xmlhttp_obj;  

}   //get content via GET  

function ewd_getcontent(url, containerid){  

 var xmlhttp_obj = ewd_xmlhttp();  

 //document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML = '<img src="' + ewd_loading_img + '" />' + ewd_loading_msg;  

 xmlhttp_obj.onreadystatechange=function(){  

         ewd_loadpage(xmlhttp_obj, containerid);  

         }  

 xmlhttp_obj.open('GET', url, true);  

 xmlhttp_obj.send(null);  

}       

function ewd_loadpage(xmlhttp_obj, containerid){  

 if ( xmlhttp_obj.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp_obj.status == 200 ){  

  document.getElementById(containerid).innerHTML = xmlhttp_obj.responseText;  

 }  

}