function makePostRequest(params)
{
	var XMLData;
	var http_request;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
		//alert('window.XMLHttpRequest');
		http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
			//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
		}
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			//alert('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
		} catch (e) {
			try {
			//alert('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
			http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch (e) {}
		}
	}
	if (!http_request) {
		alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
			
	http_request.open( "POST", params, false );
	// Execute the request
	http_request.send(params); // 01/24/2008 was null
	document.body.style.cursor='auto';	
	XMLData = http_request.responseText;
	
	return XMLData;
}