function getXMLObject()  //XML OBJECT
{
   var xmlHttp = false;
   try {
     xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")  // For Old Microsoft Browsers
   }
   catch (e) {
     try {
       xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")  // For Microsoft IE 6.0+
     }
     catch (e2) {
       xmlHttp = false   // No Browser accepts the XMLHTTP Object then false
     }
   }
   if (!xmlHttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
     xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();        //For Mozilla, Opera Browsers
   }
   return xmlHttp;  // Mandatory Statement returning the ajax object created
}
 
var xmlhttp = new getXMLObject(); //xmlhttp holds the ajax object
 
function ajaxFunction(xyz) {
  if(xmlhttp) { 
   var txtname = xyz;
   alert("---------"+txtname);
    xmlhttp.open("POST","title",true); //getname will be the servlet name
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange  = handleServerResponse;
    xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    xmlhttp.send("txtname=" + txtname); //Posting txtname to Servlet
  }
}
 
function handleServerResponse() {
   if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4) {
     if(xmlhttp.status == 200) {
      alert("Sucess");
     }
     else {
        alert("Error during AJAX call. Please try again");
     }
   }
}
function showHide(theid){
    if (document.getElementById) {
    var switch_id = document.getElementById(theid);

        if(menu_status[theid] != 'show') {
           switch_id.className = 'show';
           menu_status[theid] = 'show';
        }else{
           switch_id.className = 'hide';
           menu_status[theid] = 'hide';
        }
    }
}



function initMenu() {
  $('#menu ul').hide();
  $('#menu ul:first').hide();
  $('#menu ul:last').hide();
  $('#menu li a').click(
    function() {
      var checkElement = $(this).next();
      if((checkElement.is('ul')) && (checkElement.is(':visible'))) {
        return false;
        }
      if((checkElement.is('ul')) && (!checkElement.is(':visible'))) {
        $('#menu ul:visible').slideUp('normal');
        checkElement.slideDown('normal');
        return false;
        }
      }
    );
  }
//$(document).ready(function() {initMenu();});

//$(document).ready(function() {initMenu();});