// A status indicator div that can contain information as to whether // information is being loaded or saved. var statusIndicator=document.createElement('div'); statusIndicator.id="statusIndicator"; function encodeHTML(html) { encodedHtml=escape(html); return encodedHtml; } /** * In Internet Explorer, to create the object using new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP") * or new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") * depending on the version of MSXML installed. * In Mozilla and Safari, you use new XMLHttpRequest() */ function getXmlHttpRequestObject() { if(window.XMLHttpRequest) { return new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if(window.ActiveXObject) { return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP") } else { alert("can't make xmlhttprequest"); } } /** * xmlData: xml data * * * save|load * SecureID * contractIdentifier * name for this save *
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* additional metadata * * Data to save (make sure it is escaped: you can use encodeHTML()) * * * * destinationURL: where to post data to. * * statusIndicatorParent: parent of where you want the status indicator to go. * It will be added using insertBefore() and you should dispose of it. * * statusText: what text you want in the status indicator. * * callbackFunc: what function needs to be called when the request is * answered. The parameters are the request object followed by the status * indicator object. * * If passed in as null (false), it will initiate a synchronous httprequest */ function httpRequest(postData,destinationURL,statusIndicatorParent,statusText,callbackFunc) { if(SID!=false) { statusIndicator.innerHTML=statusText; if(statusIndicatorParent) statusIndicatorParent.insertBefore(statusIndicator,statusIndicatorParent.firstChild); var req = getXmlHttpRequestObject(); // only required if last open param is missing or true if(callbackFunc!=false) req.onreadystatechange = function() { httpRequestCallback(req,callbackFunc);} if(destinationURL) { req.open("POST",destinationURL,callbackFunc!=false); req.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'); req.send(postData); } // If no destinationURL provided, log an error. // October 6, 2011 - Chris Poirier else { var date = new Date(); var userData = '(SID="'+SID+'"'; if(IP) userData += ', IP='+IP; userData += ')'; var postDataErr = 'log_file='+escape('ajaxURL.err')+'&logged_data='+escape('['+date.toGMTString()+'] '+userData+' Destination URL empty in /common/ajax1.0.js.'); httpRequest(postDataErr, '/log_service.php', null, '', _donothing, true); } } else { alert("There was a problem reading your user ID. Please go to our contact page and notify technical support."); } } function _donothing() {} function checkSaveBlank() {} function httpRequestCallback(req,callbackFunc) { if(req && req.readyState==4) { if(req && req.status==200) { callbackFunc(req,statusIndicator,true); } else { //alert("There was a problem transfering information ("+req.status+": "+req.statusText+")"); callbackFunc(req,statusIndicator,false); } } } function str2XML(str) { var xml; if(window.ActiveXObject) { xml = new ActiveXObject("MSXML2.DOMDocument"); xml.loadXML(str); xml.setProperty("SelectionLanguage","XPath"); } else { xml = (new DOMParser).parseFromString(str, "text/xml"); } return xml; }