function SetOpacity(elem, opacityAsInt)
{
	var opacityAsDecimal = opacityAsInt;
	
	if (opacityAsInt > 100)
		opacityAsInt = opacityAsDecimal = 100; 
	else if (opacityAsInt < 0)
		opacityAsInt = opacityAsDecimal = 0; 
	
	opacityAsDecimal /= 100;
	if (opacityAsInt < 1)
		opacityAsInt = 1; // IE7 bug, text smoothing cuts out if 0
	
	elem.style.opacity = opacityAsDecimal;
	elem.style.filter  = "alpha(opacity=" + opacityAsInt + ")";
}

function FadeOpacity(elemId, fromOpacity, toOpacity, time, fps)
{
	var steps = Math.ceil(fps * (time / 1000));
	var delta = (toOpacity - fromOpacity) / steps;
	FadeOpacityStep(elemId, 0, steps, fromOpacity, delta, (time / steps));
}

function FadeOpacityStep(elemId, stepNum, steps, fromOpacity, delta, timePerStep)
{
    SetOpacity(document.getElementById(elemId), Math.round(parseInt(fromOpacity) + (delta * stepNum)));
    if (stepNum < steps)
        setTimeout("FadeOpacityStep('" + elemId + "', " + (stepNum+1) + ", " + steps + ", " + fromOpacity + ", " + delta + ", " + timePerStep + ");", timePerStep);
}


  function xmlhttpPost(strURL,formname,responsediv,responsemsg) {
    FadeOpacity(responsediv, 100, 0, 1000, 14);
    setTimeout("xmlhttpPost2('" + strURL + "','" + formname + "','" + responsediv + "','" + responsemsg + "')",1200);
}

  function xmlhttpPost2(strURL,formname,responsediv,responsemsg) {
    var xmlHttpReq = false;
    var self = this;
    // Xhr per Mozilla/Safari/Ie7
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    // per tutte le altre versioni di IE
    else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        self.xmlHttpReq = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.open('POST', strURL, true);
    self.xmlHttpReq.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
    self.xmlHttpReq.onreadystatechange = function() {
        if (self.xmlHttpReq.readyState == 4) {
			// Quando pronta, visualizzo la risposta del form
            updatepage(self.xmlHttpReq.responseText,responsediv);
        }
		else{
			// In attesa della risposta del form visualizzo il msg di attesa
			updatepage(responsemsg,responsediv);

		}
    }
    self.xmlHttpReq.send(getquerystring(formname));
}

function getquerystring(formname) {
    var form = document.forms[formname];
	var qstr = "";

    function GetElemValue(name, value) {
        qstr += (qstr.length > 0 ? "&" : "")
            + escape(name).replace(/\+/g, "%2B") + "="
            + escape(value ? value : "").replace(/\+/g, "%2B");
			//+ escape(value ? value : "").replace(/\n/g, "%0D");
    }

	var elemArray = form.elements;
    for (var i = 0; i < elemArray.length; i++) {
        var element = elemArray[i];
        var elemType = element.type.toUpperCase();
        var elemName = element.name;
        if (elemName) {
            if (elemType == "TEXT"
                    || elemType == "TEXTAREA"
                    || elemType == "PASSWORD"
					|| elemType == "BUTTON"
					|| elemType == "RESET"
					|| elemType == "SUBMIT"
					|| elemType == "FILE"
					|| elemType == "IMAGE"
                    || elemType == "HIDDEN")
                GetElemValue(elemName, element.value);
            else if (elemType == "CHECKBOX" && element.checked)
                GetElemValue(elemName,
                    element.value ? element.value : "On");
            else if (elemType == "RADIO" && element.checked)
                GetElemValue(elemName, element.value);
            else if (elemType.indexOf("SELECT") != -1)
                for (var j = 0; j < element.options.length; j++) {
                    var option = element.options[j];
                    if (option.selected)
                        GetElemValue(elemName,
                            option.value ? option.value : option.text);
                }
        }
    }
    return qstr;
}


function updatepage(str,responsediv){
    document.getElementById(responsediv).innerHTML = str;
    setTimeout("FadeOpacity('" + responsediv + "', 0, 100, 1000, 14)",400);
}