function detailed (page,pagestring) {
    info_x = document.getElementById('the_info');
    info_x.style.display = "block";

    shutter_x = document.getElementById('shutter');
	 shutter_x.className = "shutter";

    shutter_x.onclick = hideShutter;
	 info_x.className = "info";

	hideselects('hidden');

    // AJAX stuff
    
    if (getAJAX.readyState == 4 || getAJAX.readyState == 0) {
        getAJAX.open("GET",page + pagestring, true);
        
        getAJAX.onreadystatechange = function () {
			if (getAJAX.readyState == 4)
    	   info_x.innerHTML = getAJAX.responseText;
     }
  	
  	getAJAX.send(null);

    }
    
}

function hideselects(visibility){
    selects = document.getElementsByTagName('select');
    for(i = 0; i < selects.length; i++) {
        selects[i].style.visibility = visibility;
    }
}



function hideShutter () {
	shutter_x = document.getElementById('shutter');
	info_x = document.getElementById('the_info');
	// clear info
	info_x.innerHTML = "";
	info_x.className = "";
	shutter_x.className = "";
	
	info_x.style.display = "none";
	hideselects('visible');
}



window.onload =  function () {
		getAJAX = getHTTPObject();    
		attachEvents();
		}


//initiates the XMLHttpRequest object
//as found here: http://www.webpasties.com/xmlHttpRequest
function getHTTPObject() {
  var xmlhttp;
  /*@cc_on
  @if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
    try {
      xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (E) {
        xmlhttp = false;
      }
    }
  @else
  xmlhttp = false;
  @end @*/
  if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
    try {
      xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e) {
      xmlhttp = false;
    }
  }
  return xmlhttp;
}