// etc

function $(id) { return document.getElementById(id); }

function showit(loc) {
 document.fo.loc.value=loc;
 $("subbox").style.visibility='visible';
 $("add").focus();
}

function hideit() {
 $("subbox").style.visibility='hidden';
 $("about").style.visibility='hidden';
}

function about() {
 $("about").style.visibility='visible';
}

function smile() {
 $("times").style.display='none';
 $("smile").style.display='inline';
}

// function popUp(URL) { window.open(URL,"myWindow","height=450,width=450,scrollbars=1,left=200,top=200") }

// asynchronous content

var xmlHttp

function begin() { setTimeout("refTable()", 99); }

function refTable()
{
 xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
 if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
  alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
  return
 }
 var url="/cgi-bin/viewdb.pl"+"?sid="+Math.random()
 xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged 
 xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
 xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function stateChanged() 
{ 
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 { document.getElementById("txtHere").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText } 
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
 { // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest(); }
catch (e)
 { //Internet Explorer
 try
  { xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
 catch (e)
  { xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
 }
return xmlHttp;
}