var xmlHttp
var idToDisplay

function showHint(state)
{
idToDisplay = "storyDisplay";
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var url="story_details.asp";
url=url+"?state="+state;
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function showFullStory(id)
{
idToDisplay = id;
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var url="full_story.asp";
url=url+"?id="+id;
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function showAllStories()
{
idToDisplay = "storyDisplay";
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlHttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  } 
var url="showAll.asp";
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;

xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlHttp.send(null);
} 

function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4)
{ 
document.getElementById(idToDisplay).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
}
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
    xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
    try {
       xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
	try{
    	xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	} catch(e){}
    }
  }
return xmlHttp;
}