var http_request = false;
   
      function show_hint ( p_hint_text, p_span ) {
       document.getElementById(p_span).innerHTML = p_hint_text ;
   	}
   
      function makePOSTRequest2(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 in rebate_status.js.'+http_request.readyState+http_request.status);
   				//alert(http_request.responseText);
   			 }
   		  }
         }
         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 Contact2(obj,SpanName) {
   	var curDateTime = new Date();  //For IE
   	var poststr = 	"email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
   	 		"&move_in_month=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("move_in_month").value ) +
   	 		"&move_in_year=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("move_in_year").value );
	var SpanName = SpanName;

      //alert (poststr);
	  makePOSTRequest2('http://www.cities4rent.com/cgi-bin/rebate_status_process.pl', poststr, SpanName);
   }