var http_request2 = false;

            function makeRequest2(url, parameters) {

                http_request2 = false;

                if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
                    http_request2 = new XMLHttpRequest();
                    if (http_request2.overrideMimeType) {
                        http_request2.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                    }
                } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
                    try {
                        http_request2 = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                    } catch (e) {
                        try {
                        http_request2 = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        } catch (e) {}
                    }
                }

                if (!http_request2) {
                    alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
                    return false;
                }
                http_request2.onreadystatechange = process2;
                http_request2.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request2.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request2.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request2.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request2.send(parameters);


            }