// ------------------------ General AJAX ------------------------ //
                function createRequestObject() {
                        var http = null;

                        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
                                http=new XMLHttpRequest();
                        } else {
                                http=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLhttp");
                        }
                        if (http==null) {
                                alert("Your browser doesn't support AJAX.");
                                return false;
                        }
                        return http;
                }

                var http = createRequestObject();
                var http2 = createRequestObject();

                // ---------------------- END General AJAX ---------------------- //

                // -------------------------- LOADING --------------------------- //
                function loadingHTML(txt, image) {
                        var loadingHtml = '';
                        if (image == "2") {
                                LoadingImage = "http://forum.vgames.co.il/images/design/www.vgames.co.il/ajax_tools/loading_small_white.gif";
                                LoadingImage_Width = "28";
                                LoadingImage_Height = "28";
                        } else {
                                LoadingImage = "http://forum.vgames.co.il/images/design/www.vgames.co.il/ajax_tools/loading_big.gif";
                                LoadingImage_Width = "100";
                                LoadingImage_Height = "100";
                        }
                        loadingHtml += '<center><img src="'+ LoadingImage +'" alt="loading..." title="loading..." border="0" width="'+ LoadingImage_Width +'" height="'+ LoadingImage_Height +'"><br>'+txt+'</center>';

                        return loadingHtml;
                }
                // ------------------------ END LOADING ------------------------- //

                function random() {
                        RandomNumber = Math.floor(Math.random()*1000000000);
                        return RandomNumber;
                }

                function setOpacityByPercent(obj, opacity) {
                        opacity = (opacity == 100)?99.999:opacity;

                        // IE
                        obj.style.filter = "alpha(opacity:"+opacity+")";

                        // Safari<1.2, Konqueror
                        obj.style.KHTMLOpacity = opacity/100;

                        // Older Mozilla and Firefox
                        obj.style.MozOpacity = opacity/100;

                        // Safari 1.2, newer Firefox and Mozilla, CSS3
                        obj.style.opacity = opacity/100;
                }