function getXMLRequester( )
{
    var xmlHttp = false;
            
    // try to create a new instance of the xmlhttprequest object        
    try
    {
        // Internet Explorer
        if( window.ActiveXObject )
        {
            for( var i = 5; i; i-- )
            {
                try
                {
                    // loading of a newer version of msxml dll (msxml3 - msxml5) failed
                    // use fallback solution
                    // old style msxml version independent, deprecated
                    if( i == 2 )
                    {
                        xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLHTTP" );    
                    }
                    // try to use the latest msxml dll
                    else
                    {
                        
                        xmlHttp = new ActiveXObject( "Msxml2.XMLHTTP." + i + ".0" );
                    }
                    break;
                }
                catch( excNotLoadable )
                {                        
                    xmlHttp = false;
                }
            }
        }
        // Mozilla, Opera und Safari
        else if( window.XMLHttpRequest )
        {
            xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
        }
    }
    // loading of xmlhttp object failed
    catch( excNotLoadable )
    {
        xmlHttp = false;
    }
    return xmlHttp ;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function clean_text(text){
		text=unescape(escape(text.replace(/(<[^>]*>)/g,"")).replace(/%0D%0A/gi,""));
		return text.replace(/\s+/g,"");
		//return text;
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

function /*out: String*/ number_format( /* in: float   */ number,
                                        /* in: integer */ laenge,
                                        /* in: String  */ sep,
                                        /* in: String  */ th_sep ) {

  number = Math.round( number * Math.pow(10, laenge) ) / Math.pow(10, laenge);
  str_number = number+"";
  arr_int = str_number.split(".");
  if(!arr_int[0]) arr_int[0] = "0";
  if(!arr_int[1]) arr_int[1] = "";
  if(arr_int[1].length < laenge){
    nachkomma = arr_int[1];
    for(i=arr_int[1].length+1; i <= laenge; i++){  nachkomma += "0";  }
    arr_int[1] = nachkomma;
  }
  if(th_sep != "" && arr_int[0].length > 3){
    Begriff = arr_int[0];
    arr_int[0] = "";
    for(j = 3; j < Begriff.length ; j+=3){
      Extrakt = Begriff.slice(Begriff.length - j, Begriff.length - j + 3);
      arr_int[0] = th_sep + Extrakt +  arr_int[0] + "";
    }
    str_first = Begriff.substr(0, (Begriff.length % 3 == 0)?3:(Begriff.length % 3));
    arr_int[0] = str_first + arr_int[0];
  }
  return arr_int[0]+sep+arr_int[1];
}

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

var xmlhttp = getXMLRequester();

//-------------------------------------------------------------------------------