// preload the preloader gif
addingajaxcalled=1; // var is in util.js 
var xmlhttp;
// create XMLHttpRequest object 
function aaGetXmlHttpRequest() { 
   var xmlHttpObj = false;
   if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
      xmlHttpObj = new XMLHttpRequest();
   } else {
      try
         {
            xmlHttpObj = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         }
         catch (e)
         {
            try
            {
               xmlHttpObj = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            }
            catch (e)
            {
               xmlHttpObj = false;
            }
         }
    }
    return xmlHttpObj;
} 
//preloader
function ajaxPreloader(whichspace, ps, spacedown,which) {
	if(!ps) ps="center"; 
	var spa='';
	if(spacedown) { 
		for(i=1;i<=spacedown;i++) {spa=spa + "<br>";}
	} 
	var img;
	if(which=='wheel')  img = '<div align="'+ps+'">' + spa + '<img src="'+ currURL +'/images/ajax-loader.gif" width="28" height="28" border="0"></div>';  
	else if(which=='wheelsearch')  img = '<div align="'+ps+'">' + spa + '<span class="preloadWords">Searching&nbsp;</span><img src="'+ currURL +'/images/ajax-loader.gif" width="28" height="28" border="0" align="absmiddle"></div>';  
	else if(which=='bar')   img= '<div align="'+ps+'">' + spa + '<img src="' + currURL + '/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif" width="43" height="11" border="0"></div>';  
	else  img= '<div align="'+ps+'">' + spa + '<img src="' + currURL + '/images/ajax-loader-bar.gif" width="43" height="11" border="0"></div>';   
	getContainer(whichspace).innerHTML =  img; 
}