var updateInProgress = false;
  var rootDivs         = null;
  var divIndex         = -1;
  var ajaxReq          = null;
  var ajaxDoc          = null;
  var ajaxDiv          = null;  
  var aForumForm       = null;
  var IE;
         
  function newRequest() {
    IE = (navigator.appName=="Microsoft Internet Explorer");
    if (IE)  {
      return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    } else {
      return new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
   } // newRequest()
  function processAjax() {
    if ((ajaxReq.readyState == 4) && (ajaxReq.status == 200)) {
      ajaxDoc = ajaxReq.responseText;
        for (var i = 0; i < rootDivs.length; i++) {
      rootDivs[i].innerHTML=ajaxDoc;
        }  
    }
  } // processAjax()  
  
  function processPollMini(aUrl) {
    if (divIndex < rootDivs.length) {
      try {
        var pollminiURL         = aUrl;
        ajaxReq                    = newRequest();
        ajaxReq.onreadystatechange = processAjax;
        ajaxReq.open("GET", pollminiURL, true);
        ajaxReq.send(null);
    } catch(e) {
      alert(e);  
    }  
    } else {
      updateInProgress = false;
    }  
  } // processPollMini()
  
/* update all pollmini tags*/ 
  function updatePollMini(pollURL) {
    if (!updateInProgress) {
      updateInProgress = true;
      rootDivs         = document.getElementsByName("pollMini");
    if (rootDivs.length == 0) {
        rootDivs = new Array;
        var divs = document.getElementsByTagName('div');
        for (var i = 0; i < divs.length; i++) {
          if (divs[i].name == "pollMini") {
            rootDivs.push(divs[i]);
          }   
        }  
      }          
      if (rootDivs.length > 0) {
        divIndex = 0;
        processPollMini(pollURL);
      } else {
        updateInProgress = false;
      }
    }  
  } // updatePollMini()  
  
  
  function processAjaxPollResult() {
    if ((ajaxReq.readyState == 4) && (ajaxReq.status == 200)) {
      ajaxDoc           = ajaxReq.responseText;
      ajaxDiv.innerHTML = ajaxDoc;
    }
  } // processAjaxPollResult()
  
      function processPollMiniResult(aURL, aDivTag, parameters) {
    try {
      ajaxDiv = aDivTag;
      ajaxReq = newRequest();
      ajaxReq.onreadystatechange = processAjaxPollResult;
      ajaxReq.open("POST", aURL, true);
      ajaxReq.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
      ajaxReq.setRequestHeader("Content-length", parameters.length);
      ajaxReq.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");      
      ajaxReq.send(parameters);
    } catch(e) {
      alert(e);  
    }  
  }  // processPollMiniResult()
  function checkForm(aFormId, aDivTagId) {   
     formErrors      = true;
     aForm           = document.getElementById(aFormId);
   aDivTagToUpdate = document.getElementById(aDivTagId);
     for (i=aForm.q1.length-1; i > -1; i--){
       if (aForm.q1[i].checked) {
          formErrors = false;
          break;
       }
     } 
	 
// WORD 
// WORD 
// WORD 

     if (formErrors) {
        alert("You must choose an answer");
     } else {
    var getstr = '';
    for (i=0; i<aForm.childNodes.length; i++) {
       if (aForm.childNodes[i].tagName == "INPUT") {
          if (aForm.childNodes[i].type == "text") {
             getstr += aForm.childNodes[i].name + "=" + aForm.childNodes[i].value + "&";
          }
          if (aForm.childNodes[i].type == "checkbox") {
             if (aForm.childNodes[i].checked) {
                getstr += aForm.childNodes[i].name + "=" + aForm.childNodes[i].value + "&";
             } else {
                getstr += aForm.childNodes[i].name + "=&";
             }
          }
          if (aForm.childNodes[i].type == "radio") {
             if (aForm.childNodes[i].checked) {
                getstr += aForm.childNodes[i].name + "=" + aForm.childNodes[i].value + "&";
             }
          }
       }   
       if (aForm.childNodes[i].tagName == "SELECT") {
          var sel = aForm.childNodes[i];
          getstr += sel.name + "=" + sel.options[sel.selectedIndex].value + "&";
       }
       if (aForm.childNodes[i].type == "hidden") {
         getstr += aForm.childNodes[i].name + "=" + aForm.childNodes[i].value + "&";       
       }
    }
    processPollMiniResult(aForm.PostUrl.value, aDivTagToUpdate, getstr);
     }
  }