function getElmById(id_elemento) {
			var elemento;
			if(document.getElementById)
				elemento = document.getElementById(id_elemento);
			else
				elemento = document.all[id_elemento];
			return elemento;
		};
	
	
function getXMLHttpRequest() {
			var	
				XHR = null,
				browserUtente = navigator.userAgent.toUpperCase();
			if(typeof(XMLHttpRequest) === "function" || typeof(XMLHttpRequest) === "object")
				XHR = new XMLHttpRequest();
			else if(window.ActiveXObject && browserUtente.indexOf("MSIE 4") < 0) {
				if(browserUtente.indexOf("MSIE 5") < 0)
					XHR = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
				else
					XHR = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			}
			return XHR;
		};



		var readyState = {
			INATTIVO:	0,
			INIZIALIZZATO:	1,
			RICHIESTA:	2,
			RISPOSTA:	3,
			COMPLETATO:	4
		};


function loading(testo) {
  var
    dot = 0,
   
    elementText = getElmById("loading"),
 
    animation = function() {

      var testoAggiunto = "";
    
      for(var a = 0; a < dot; a++)
        testoAggiunto += ".";

      elementText.nodeValue = testo + testoAggiunto;
	  
	  if(dot < 4)
     	dot++;
      else
        dot = 0;
      
	  setTimeout(animation, 300);
    };


  if(elementText.firstChild) {

 
    animation = function(){};

    elementText.removeChild(elementText.firstChild);
  }
  else {
  
    elementText = document.createTextNode(testo);

 
    getElmById("loading").appendChild(elementText);

    animation();
  };
}; 

		var statusText = new Array();
		statusText[100] = "Continue";
		statusText[101] = "Switching Protocols";
		statusText[200] = "OK";
		statusText[201] = "Created";
		statusText[202] = "Accepted";
		statusText[203] = "Non-Authoritative Information";
		statusText[204] = "No Content";
		statusText[205] = "Reset Content";
		statusText[206] = "Partial Content";
		statusText[300] = "Multiple Choices";
		statusText[301] = "Moved Permanently";
		statusText[302] = "Found";
		statusText[303] = "See Other";
		statusText[304] = "Not Modified";
		statusText[305] = "Use Proxy";
		statusText[306] = "(unused, but reserved)";
		statusText[307] = "Temporary Redirect";
		statusText[400] = "Bad Request";
		statusText[401] = "Unauthorized";
		statusText[402] = "Payment Required";
		statusText[403] = "Forbidden";
		statusText[404] = "Not Found";
		statusText[405] = "Method Not Allowed";
		statusText[406] = "Not Acceptable";
		statusText[407] = "Proxy Authentication Required";
		statusText[408] = "Request Timeout";
		statusText[409] = "Conflict";
		statusText[410] = "Gone";
		statusText[411] = "Length Required";
		statusText[412] = "Precondition Failed";
		statusText[413] = "Request Entity Too Large";
		statusText[414] = "Request-URI Too Long";
		statusText[415] = "Unsupported Media Type";
		statusText[416] = "Requested Range Not Satisfiable";
		statusText[417] = "Expectation Failed";
		statusText[500] = "Internal Server Error";
		statusText[501] = "Not Implemented";
		statusText[502] = "Bad Gateway";
		statusText[503] = "Service Unavailable";
		statusText[504] = "Gateway Timeout";
		statusText[505] = "HTTP Version Not Supported";