function getData(dataSource) { var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; // create the XMLHttpObject if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest(); } else if (window.ActiveXObject) { XMLHttpRequestObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHttp"); } // retrieve the keywords // from the text file if(XMLHttpRequestObject) { XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", dataSource); XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() { if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { // create an array with the results var result=XMLHttpRequestObject.responseText.split(","); // display menu showMenu(result); // clear the Object delete XMLHttpRequestObject; XMLHttpRequestObject = null; } } XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); } } function showMenu(array_result) { // this function displays the // menu items for selection var table_data = ''; // stores the data displayed by table // place these on attached code if((array_result.length>0)&&array_result[0]!='undefined') { // start formatting table_data += ""; for(var loopIndex=0;loopIndex"; // attach to the div attachDetails(table_data); } } function attachDetails(table_data) { // this function attaches // the help assistant // depending on browser // type var search_text = document.getElementById('search_text'); var optionsRecord = document.getElementById('optionsRecord'); optionsRecord.style.visibility = "hidden"; optionsRecord.innerHTML = table_data; optionsRecord.style.visibility = "visible"; } function getSuggest(keyEvent) { // this function gets the data // about the KeyEvent // that occured keyEvent = (keyEvent) ? keyEvent: window.event; input = (keyEvent.target) ? keyEvent.target : keyEvent.srcElement; if (keyEvent.type == "keyup") { if (!input.value=='') getData("get_suggest.php?qu=" +input.value); else { var optionsRecord = document.getElementById("optionsRecord"); optionsRecord.innerHTML = ""; } } } function updateSearchBox(data) { // this function simply // puts the selected // data into the textbox var search_text = document.getElementById('search_text'); var optionsRecord = document.getElementById('optionsRecord'); search_text.value = data; optionsRecord.style.visibility = 'hidden'; } function closeHelp() { // this function closes // the search suggest // when the tag is // clicked var optionsRecord = document.getElementById('optionsRecord'); optionsRecord.style.visibility = 'hidden'; }