function doContactUs(URL, params)
{
    http_request = null;
    if(window.XMLHttpRequest) http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
    else if(window.ActiveXObject) http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    if(http_request==null) return; // Failed to create the request

    http_request.onreadystatechange = function()
    {
        switch(http_request.readyState)
        {
        case 0:
            break;
        case 1:
            break;
        case 2: 
            break;
        case 3: 
            break;
        case 4:
        showTheResult(http_request.responseXML.getElementsByTagName('result')[0].firstChild.data);
            break;
        default:
            break;
        }
    }

    //xmlReq.open ('GET', URL, true);
    //xmlReq.send (null);
    
    http_request.open('POST', URL, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(params);



}

function showTheResult(result){
	
	if(result=="OK"){
		document.getElementById('contact_content').innerHTML = '<img src="/aj_contact_us/images/ajaxcontactgraphic.gif" alt="Thanks for you email to AlwaysRiding" />';
	}else{
		document.getElementById('contact_content').innerHTML = result;
	}
}

function processEmail(obj){
	
	//get POST string from form
	var send_to = "send_to=" + escape(encodeURI(document.getElementById("send_to").value));
	var contactname = "contactname=" + escape(encodeURI(document.getElementById("contactname").value));
	var email_address = "email=" + escape(encodeURI(document.getElementById("email-address").value));
	var enquiry = "enquiry=" + escape(encodeURI(document.getElementById("enquiry").value));
//alert("inside aj_contact_us.js");
//alert(send_to);
//alert(contactname);
//alert(email_address);
//alert(enquiry);	
	var params_str = send_to + "&" + contactname + "&" + email_address + "&" + enquiry;
//alert(params_str);	
	doContactUs('aj_contact_us/aj_contact_us.php', params_str);
}