var xmlHttp
var What
var UserID

function getClue(key)
{ 
 xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
 if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
  alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
  return
 }
 var url="quizclue.php?u="+UserID+"&k="+key
 url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
 document.getElementById("clue").innerHTML=' ... ';
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged 
 xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
 xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function randomRambling(options)
{ 
 What='R'
 //document.getElementById("txtRambling").innerHTML=''
 xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
 if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
  alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
  return
  }
 var url="kpiProxy.php?u=randomramblings.php?o="+options
 url=url+"&sid="+Math.random()
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged
 xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
 xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { 
   document.getElementById("clue").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText 
 } 
}


function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;

try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 //Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }

return xmlHttp;
}