var http_request = false;

function makePOSTRequest(btn, message, url, parameters) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
		// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
		//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
	 }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	 try {
		http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
		try {
		   http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {}
	 }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
	 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
	 return false;
  }
  
  http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
	 if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		 if (http_request.status == 200) {
			alert(http_request.responseText);
			btn.value = 'Your signature has been added';
			btn.disabled = true;
			message.message.disabled = true;
			message.subject.disabled = true;
			// result = http_request.responseText;
			// document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
		 } else {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		 }
	  }
  }
  http_request.open('POST', url, true);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
  http_request.send(parameters);
}

var http_request = false;

function invitePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
  http_request = false;
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
	 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
	 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
		// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
		//http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
		http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
	 }
  } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
	 try {
		http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	 } catch (e) {
		try {
		   http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		} catch (e) {}
	 }
  }
  if (!http_request) {
	 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
	 return false;
  }
  
  http_request.onreadystatechange = function() {
	 if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
		 if (http_request.status == 200) {
			alert(http_request.responseText);
			// result = http_request.responseText;
			// document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result;            
		 } else {
			alert('There was a problem with the request.');
		 }
	  }
  }
  http_request.open('POST', url, true);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
  http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
  http_request.send(parameters);
}