// holds an instance of XMLHttpRequest
var xmlHttp = createXmlHttpRequestObject();



// creates an XMLHttpRequest instance
function createXmlHttpRequestObject() 
{
  // will store the reference to the XMLHttpRequest object
  var xmlHttp;
  // this should work for all browsers except IE6 and older
  try
  {
    // try to create XMLHttpRequest object
    xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
  catch(e)
  {
    // assume IE6 or older
    var XmlHttpVersions = new Array("MSXML2.XMLHTTP.6.0",
                                    "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.5.0",
                                    "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0",
                                    "MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0",
                                    "MSXML2.XMLHTTP",
                                    "Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    // try every prog id until one works
    for (var i=0; i<XmlHttpVersions.length && !xmlHttp; i++) 
    {
      try 
      { 
        // try to create XMLHttpRequest object
        xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject(XmlHttpVersions[i]);
      } 
      catch (e) {}
    }
  }
  // return the created object or display an error message
//  if (!xmlHttp)
//    alert("Error creating the XMLHttpRequest object.");
//  else 


    return xmlHttp;
}
/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */

// called to read a file from the server
function Process()
{
	// only continue if xmlHttp isn't void
	if (xmlHttp)
	{
		// try to connect to the server
		try
		{
			// initiate reading the async.txt file from the server
			xmlHttp.open("GET", "_ajax_return_pic_hits.php?sid=" + Math.random(), true);
			xmlHttp.onreadystatechange = handleRequestStateChange;
			xmlHttp.send(null);
		}
		// display the error in case of failure
		catch (e)
		{
//			alert("Can't connect to server:\n" + e.toString());
		}
	}
}
/* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ */


// function that handles the HTTP response
function handleRequestStateChange() 
{

	if (xmlHttp.readyState == 4) 
  {
    // continue only if HTTP status is "OK"
    if (xmlHttp.status == 200) 
    {
      try
      {
        // read the message from the server
        response = xmlHttp.responseText;

			  //get dom object
			  myDiv = document.getElementById("uploaded");

        // display the message 
        myDiv.innerHTML = response+" picture views today";

			  setTimeout("Process();", 5000);
      }
      catch(e)
      {
        // display error message
//        alert("Error reading the response: " + e.toString());
      }
    } 
    else
    {
      // display status message
//      alert("There was a problem retrieving the data:\n" + xmlHttp.statusText);
    }
  }
}