function AjaxRequest(dest,method,url,parameters) {
    var ajax_request = false;

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
        ajax_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (ajax_request.overrideMimeType) {
           ajax_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
        }
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
        try {
            ajax_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {
            try {
               ajax_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
        }
    }
    if (!ajax_request) {
        alert('Unable to run AJAX script.');
        return false;
    }

    ajax_request.open(method, url, false); // NOT async
    ajax_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
    if( method.toLowerCase()=='post'){
        ajax_request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        ajax_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
    }

    ajax_request.send(parameters);

    if( ajax_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (ajax_request.status == 200) {
            result = ajax_request.responseText;
            dest.innerHTML = ajax_request.responseText;
        } else {
            dest.innerHTML = "Error: Status="+ajax_request.status;
        }
    } else {
        dest.innerHTML = "Error: State="+ajax_request.state;
    }
  }