function getVoting(url, parameters, objName, method) {	
  if(!method){
	method="POST";  
  }
  ajaxRequest = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	 ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
	 if (ajaxRequest.overrideMimeType) {
		// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
		//ajaxRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		ajaxRequest.overrideMimeType('text/html');
	 }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	 try {
		ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
		try {
		   ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {}
	 }
  }
  if (!ajaxRequest) {
	 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
	 return false;
  }
  
  ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
	  
	  if (ajaxRequest.readyState == 1) {
		  document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML = "מעלה מידע...<br /><img src=\"site/images/wheelThrobber.gif\" />";
	  }
	  
	  if (ajaxRequest.readyState == 2) {
		  document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML = "מידע התעדכן<br /><img src=\"site/images/wheelThrobber.gif\" />";
	  }
	  
	  if (ajaxRequest.readyState == 3) {
		  document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML = "אינטראקטיבי<br /><img src=\"site/images/wheelThrobber.gif\" />";
	  }	  
	  
	  if (ajaxRequest.readyState == 4) {
		 if (ajaxRequest.status == 200) {
			//alert(ajaxRequest.responseText);
			result = ajaxRequest.responseText;
			document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML = result;            
		 } else {
			document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML = "Error recieving data";//+ajaxRequest.status+" - "+ajaxRequest.statusText;
		 }
	  }		  
	  
  };
  
  if(method=="GET"){
	  ajaxRequest.open('GET', url+"?"+parameters, true);
	  ajaxRequest.send(null);
  }else{
	  ajaxRequest.open('POST', url, true);
	  ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	  ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
	  ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
	  ajaxRequest.send(parameters);
  }
}

function openCloseLayer(page, poststr, objName){
	if(document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML==''){
		getVoting(page, poststr, objName);
	}else{
		document.getElementById(objName).innerHTML='';
	}
}


function getCheckedValue(radioObj) {
	if(!radioObj)
		return "";
		
	//alert(radioObj.name);	
	var radioLength = radioObj.length;
/*
	if(radioLength == "undefined")
		if(radioObj.checked){
			return radioObj.value;
		}else{
			return "";
		}
*/
	for(var i = 0; i < radioLength; i++) {
		if(radioObj[i].checked) {
			return radioObj[i].value;
		}
	}
	

	return 1;
}