var http_request = false;

   function show_hint ( p_hint_text, p_span ) {
    document.getElementById(p_span).innerHTML = p_hint_text ;
	}

   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters, SpanName) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
         }
      } 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('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }

      http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
		  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			 if (http_request.status == 200) {
				//alert(http_request.responseText);
				result = http_request.responseText;
				document.getElementById(SpanName).innerHTML = result;
				//document.getElementById('status').innerHTML = '<b>Successful</b>';
			 } else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			 }
		  }
      };
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }


   function Contact(obj,SpanName) {
   	var curDateTime = new Date();  //For IE
   	var poststr = 	"first_name=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("first_name").value ) +
   	 		"&last_name=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("last_name").value ) +
   	 		"&email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
   	 		"&property=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("property").value ) +
   	 		"&street=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("street").value ) +
   	 		"&apt_number=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("apt_number").value ) +
   	 		"&state=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("state").value ) +
   	 		"&zip=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("zip").value ) +
   	 		"&move_in_month=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("move_in_month").value ) +
   	 		"&move_in_day=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("move_in_day").value ) +
   	 		"&move_in_year=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("move_in_year").value ) +
   	 		"&rent=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("rent").value ) +
   	 		"&lease_term=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("lease_term").value ) +
   	 		"&agent=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("agent").value ) +
   	 		"&noa=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("noa").value ) +
   			"&city=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("city").value ) ;
      var SpanName = SpanName;


      //alert (SpanName);
	  makePOSTRequest('http://www.cities4rent.com/cgi-bin/process_3.pl', poststr, SpanName);
   }