var thisDomain = document.domain
displayNews();

/** XHConn - Simple XMLHTTP Interface - bfults@gmail.com - 2005-04-08        **
 ** Code licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License      **
 ** http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/                           **/
function XHConn()
{
  var xmlhttp, bComplete = false;
  try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
  catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); }
  catch (e) { try { xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest(); }
  catch (e) { xmlhttp = false; }}}
  if (!xmlhttp) return null;
  this.connect = function(sURL, sMethod, sVars, fnDone)
  {
	if (!xmlhttp) return false;
	bComplete = false;
	sMethod = sMethod.toUpperCase();

	try {
	  if (sMethod == "GET")
	  {
		xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL+"?"+sVars, true);
		sVars = "";
	  }
	  else
	  {
		xmlhttp.open(sMethod, sURL, true);
		xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Method", "POST "+sURL+" HTTP/1.1");
		xmlhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-Type",
		  "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	  }
	  xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function(){
		if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && !bComplete)
		{
		  bComplete = true;
		  fnDone(xmlhttp);
		}};
	  xmlhttp.send(sVars);
	}
	catch(z) { return false; }
	return true;
  };
  return this;
}

function displayNews() {

	var url=parent.location.protocol + "//" + thisDomain + "/remote/rem_news.asp";

	var myConn = new XHConn()
	if (!myConn) alert("XMLHTTP not available. Try a newer/better browser.")

	var fnWhenDone = function (oXML) {

		//alert(oXML.responseText)
		response = oXML.responseXML.documentElement
		var newsItem = response.getElementsByTagName("items")[0].firstChild.data

		document.getElementById("newscontainer").innerHTML = newsItem

	}

	myConn.connect(url, "POST","", fnWhenDone)
}