var stuff

function showTip(rit)
{
if (rit.length==0)
  {
  document.getElementById("specTest").innerHTML="";
  return;
  }
stuff=myObject();
if (stuff==null)
  {
  alert ("Sorry, your browser will not allow this");
  return;
  }
var lru=rit;
lru=lru+"?q="+rit;
lru=lru+"&sid="+Math.random();
stuff.onreadystatechange=myChanged;
stuff.open("GET",lru,true);
stuff.send(null);
}

function myChanged()
{
if (stuff.readyState==4)
  {
  
  document.getElementById("specTest").innerHTML=stuff.responseText;
  document.getElementById("specTest").style.border="1px solid #AC0000";
  
  }
}

function myObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
return null;
}