function xmlhttpPost(strURL) {
    var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
    // Mozilla/Safari
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }

    self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST', strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {

	updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText);
            
        }
    }
		self.xmlHttpReq.send();
}

function getquerystring() {
    var form     = document.forms['Register'];
    var word = form.uname.value;
    qstr = 'uname=' + escape(word);  // NOTE: no '?' before querystring
    return qstr;
}


function updatepage(str){
document.getElementById("im_zone").innerHTML = str;
}