var http_request;

function makeRequest(url) {

        http_request = false;

		var div = document.getElementById("ajaxRegion");
		div.innerHTML = "<img src='http://www.edutec.srv.br/portal/images/wait.gif' align='absmiddle' /> <span class='TextoNormal'> Aguarde...</span>";

        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) {div.innerHTML = "";}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
			div.innerHTML = "";
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
        http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

    function alertContents() {

        if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
            if (http_request.status == 200) {
				var div = document.getElementById("ajaxRegion");
				div.innerHTML = "";
				div.innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
            } else {
              //  alert('There was a problem with the request.');
            }
        }
}