//this is the ajax handler..//I'd like to pass the form's POST variables, through - //only explicit GET is working..any clues? //Create a boolean variable to check for a valid Internet Explorer instance. var xmlhttp = false; //Check if we are using IE. try { //If the Javascript version is greater than 5. xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); } catch (e) { //If not, then use the older active x object. try { //If we are using MS. xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } catch (E) { //Else we must be using a non-IE browser. xmlhttp = false; } } //If we are using a non-IE browser, create a javascript instance of the object. if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } /* var xmlhttp; //If, the activexobject is available, we must be using IE. if (window.ActiveXObject){ xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); } else { //Else, we can use the native Javascript handler. xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); } */ function makerequest(serverPage, objID) { var obj = document.getElementById(objID); //xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage); xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage); xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) { obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText; } } xmlhttp.send(null); } function makerequest2(serverPage, objID) { var obj = document.getElementById(objID); //xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage); xmlhttp.open("POST", serverPage); xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() { if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) { obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText; } } //xmlhttp.send(null); xmlhttp.send("?list_departments="+document.getElementsByName("list_departments")[0].value); }..//this is the request in the main page.. <td> <form method="post" name="form1" action="<? echo $path ?>" style="margin-bottom:0;"> <input type="hidden" name="list_departments" value="1"> <input type="image" src="/feathersoft/images/list.png" alt="List" border="0"' ;?> onclick="makerequest('departments.php', 'hw'); return false;" <?echo '/> </form> </td>..//variable is then read and echoed after the above form submit$list_departments= isset ($_POST['list_departments']) ? $_POST['list_departments'] : '';