//ajax funtion to send values to php form
   var http_request = false;
   function makePOSTRequest(url, parameters) {
      http_request = false;
      if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
         http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
         if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
         	// set type accordingly to anticipated content type
            //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
         }
      } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
         try {
            http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
         } catch (e) {
            try {
               http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e) {}
         }
      }
      if (!http_request) {
         alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
         return false;
      }
      
      http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
      http_request.open('POST', url, true);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
      http_request.send(parameters);
   }

   function alertContents() {
      if (http_request.readyState == 4) 
	  {
		 document.getElementById("progress").style.visibility = "hidden"; 	
         if (http_request.status == 200) {
            //alert(http_request.responseText);
            result = http_request.responseText;
            //document.getElementById('myspan').innerHTML = result; 
			alert(result);
         } else {
            alert('There was a problem with the request.');
         }
		 
      }
   }
   
   function get(obj) {
	   
	  ftname = document.getElementById("firstName").value;
	  ltname =  document.getElementById("lastName").value;
	  
	  if(ftname == "")
	  {
		alert('Please enter your first name.');  
		return false;
	  }
	   
	  if(ltname == "")
	  {
		alert('Please enter your last name.');  
		return false;
	  }
	  
		//email address validation 
		if (document.myform.email.value.length==0){
		alert('Message\n\n Email Address* is a required entry.');
		return false;
		}
		else
		{
			var field = document.myform.email;
			var str = field.value;
			if (window.RegExp)
			{
				var reg1str = "(@.*@)|(\\.\\.)|(@\\.)|(\\.@)|(^\\.)";
				var reg2str = "^.+\\@(\\[?)[a-zA-Z0-9\\-\\.]+\\.([a-zA-Z]{2,3}|[0-9]{1,3})(\\]?)$";
				var reg1 = new RegExp(reg1str);
				var reg2 = new RegExp(reg2str);
				if (!reg1.test(str) && reg2.test(str)) {
			//	return true;
				}
				else
				
				{
					alert('Message\n\n Please Enter a Valid Email Address.');
					return false;
				}
				
			} 
			else {
				if(str.indexOf("@") >= 0 && str.indexOf(".") >= 0)
				{}
				else {
				alert('Message\n\n Please Enter a Valid Email Address.');
				return false;
				
				}
			}
		}	  
	  showImage();
	  
      var poststr = "firstName=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("firstName").value ) +
	  				"&lastName=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("lastName").value ) +
	  				"&company=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("company").value ) +
					"&email=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("email").value ) +
					"&contact=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("contact").value ) +
					"&message=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("message").value ) +
                    "&serv_area=" + encodeURI( document.getElementById("serv_area").value );
      makePOSTRequest('post.php', poststr);
	 
   }
   
   function showImage() 
   {
		var ProgressImage = document.getElementById("progress_image");
		document.getElementById("progress").style.visibility = "visible";
//		setTimeout(function(){ProgressImage.src = ProgressImage.src},100);
		return true;
	}