function updateArea(strURL,strPanelID) {
	var httpRequest;
	
	//alert('Calling AJAX updateArea: strURL=' + strURL + ', strPanelID=' + strPanelID + ';');

	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
		httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
		if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
			httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
			// See note below about this line
		}
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		try {
			httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e) {
					   try {
							httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
						   } 
						 catch (e) {}
					  }
								   }

	if (!httpRequest) {
		alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		return false;
	}
	
	httpRequest.open('GET', strURL, false);
	httpRequest.send('');
	if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
		document.getElementById(strPanelID).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
	}

}