function makeRequest(url, targetObj, vcardId) {

		var http_request = false;

		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
			http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
			if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
				// See note below about this line
			}
		} 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
			return false;
		}
		if(targetObj == "returnvcardxml") {
			http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { showVCard(vcardId, http_request); };
		} else {
			http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(http_request, targetObj); };
		}
		http_request.open('GET', url, true);
		http_request.send(null);

	}

	function alertContents(http_request, targetObj) {

		if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
			if (http_request.status == 200) {
				document.getElementById(targetObj).innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
			} else {
				alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			}
		}

	}
	
	function vCardSearch (searchtext)
	{
		
		makeRequest("/en/modules/vcards/vcard.asp?mode=search&search=" + searchtext, "vCardAjaxTarget");
	
	}
	
	function getvCardSearch (vCardId)
	{
		if(document.getElementById("vCardDropShadow"+vCardId) == undefined)
			makeRequest("/en/modules/vcards/vcard.asp?mode=single&id=" + vCardId, "returnvcardxml", vCardId);
		else
			showVCard(vCardId);	
	}