function genericajax(url,sendmethod,elemid)
  {
  
  var xmlHttp;
  try
    {
    // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
    xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
  catch (e)
    {
    // Internet Explorer
    try
      {
      xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
      }
    catch (e)
      {
      try
        {
        xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        }
      catch (e)
        {
        alert("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
        return false;
        }
      }
    }
    xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=function()
      {
	  xmlHttp.loadstatustext="<img src='images/ajax-loader2.gif' />"
	  document.getElementById(elemid).innerHTML=xmlHttp.loadstatustext //Display "fetching page message"
      if(xmlHttp.readyState==4)
        {
        document.getElementById(elemid).innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText;
        }
      }
    xmlHttp.open(sendmethod,url,true);
    xmlHttp.send(null);
  }