var xmlHttp

function getElementsByClass(searchClass,node,tag) {
	var classElements = new Array();
	if ( node == null )
		node = document;
	if ( tag == null )
		tag = '*';
	var els = node.getElementsByTagName(tag);
	var elsLen = els.length;
	var pattern = new RegExp("(^|\\\\s)"+searchClass+"(\\\\s|$)");
	for (i = 0, j = 0; i < elsLen; i++) {
		if ( pattern.test(els[i].className) ) {
			classElements[j] = els[i];
			j++;
		}
	}
	return classElements;
}

function checkSpans() {
	var mySpans = getElementsByClass('glossary');
	for ( i=0;i<mySpans.length;i++ ) {
	// do stuff here with mySpans[i]
	fLetter = mySpans[i].innerHTML.charAt(0);
	fLetter = fLetter.toLowerCase();
	mySpans[i].innerHTML="<a href='glossary.php#"+fLetter+"'>"+mySpans[i].innerHTML+"<span class='glossdef'>Loading..</span></a>";
	}
}
	
function showDT(str)
{
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
 alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
 return
 } 
var url="http://www.dotdynamic.ca/glossary/getgloss.php"
url=url+"?q="+str
url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged 
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function stateChanged() 
{ 
 if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
	var myEls = getElementsByClass('glossdef');
	for ( i=0;i<myEls.length;i++ ) {
	// do stuff here with myEls[i]
		myEls[i].innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
	}
 // old code document.getElementById("glossdef").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText
 } 
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 // Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}