//functions.js
	
	//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid IE instance.
	var xmlhttp = false;
	
	//Check if we are using IE.
	try {
		//If the javascript version is greater than 5.
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	} catch (e) {
		//If not, then use the older active x object.
		try {
			//If we are using IE.
			xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (E) {
			//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
			xmlhttp = false;
		}
	}
	
	//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a JavaScript instance of the object.
	if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	
	//A variable used to distinguish whether to open or close the calendar.
	var showWaist = true;
	
	function showHideWaist() {
//hesido - get our element for updating
var divUpdate=document.getElementById("scroller");		
	
	//The location we are loading the page into.
	var objID = "waist_results";
	
	//Change the current image of the minus or plus.
	if (showWaist == true){
		//Show the results
		document.getElementById("opencloseimg").src = "../img/mins.gif";
		//The page we are loading.
		var serverPage = "./waist_txt2.htm"; 
		//Set the open close tracker variable.
		showWaist = false;
		
		var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
		xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage);
		xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
			if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
				obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
//hesido - update when xmlhttp data is injected, making sure an error is not thrown (by checking for scrollupdate method)
if(divUpdate!=null&&divUpdate.scrollUpdate) divUpdate.scrollUpdate();	
			}
		}
		xmlhttp.send(null);
	} else {
		//Hide the calendar.
		document.getElementById("opencloseimg").src = "../img/plus.gif";
		showWaist = true;
		
		document.getElementById(objID).innerHTML = "";

//hesido - update also when removing
if(divUpdate!=null&&divUpdate.scrollUpdate) divUpdate.scrollUpdate();

	}	
}