function makeRequest(formElement, url) {
	document.getElementById(formElement).innerHTML = 'Start Loading ...';
	var http_request = false;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
        }
	} 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request, formElement); };
	http_request.open('GET', url, true);
	http_request.send(null);
}

function popupImageWindow(url) {
  window.open(url,'popupImageWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,width=660,height=500')
}

function alertContents(http_request, formElement) {
	if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		if (http_request.status == 200) {
			document.getElementById(formElement).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
		} else {
			document.getElementById(formElement).innerHTML = "Error while loading !!";
		}
	}
}

function checkEmail(myForm) {
if (/^\w+([\.-]?\w+)*@\w+([\.-]?\w+)*(\.\w{2,3})+$/.test(myForm.email_address.value)){
return (true)
}
alert("Invalid E-mail Address! Please re-enter.")
return (false)
}