function showMe(whichLayer)
{
  var elem, vis;
  if( document.getElementById ) // this is the way the standards work
    elem = document.getElementById( whichLayer );
  else if( document.all ) // this is the way old msie versions work
      elem = document.all[whichLayer];
  else if( document.layers ) // this is the way nn4 works
    elem = document.layers[whichLayer];
  vis = elem.style;
  vis.display="block";
}
function hideMe(whichLayer)
{
  var elem, vis;
  if( document.getElementById ) // this is the way the standards work
    elem = document.getElementById( whichLayer );
  else if( document.all ) // this is the way old msie versions work
      elem = document.all[whichLayer];
  else if( document.layers ) // this is the way nn4 works
    elem = document.layers[whichLayer];
  vis = elem.style;
  vis.display="none";
}


function createRequestObject2() {
    var ro;
    var browser = navigator.appName;
    if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){
        ro = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    }else{
        ro = new XMLHttpRequest();
    }
    return ro;
}

var http = createRequestObject2();

function switch_vid(vid_id) {
    var params = "vid_id="+vid_id;
	http.open('POST', '/videos_ajax.php',true);
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
    http.setRequestHeader("Content-length", params.length);
    http.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
    http.onreadystatechange = handleResponsecomment;
    http.send(params);
}

function handleResponsecomment() 
{

	if(http.readyState == 4)
	{
		var response = http.responseText;
		vid = response.split("|");
		$('video_content').innerHTML = vid[2];
		$('video_desc').innerHTML = vid[4];
		
		var so = new SWFObject("/themes/eli/images/iePlayer.swf", "swfplayer", "675", "450", "9", "#000000");
		so.addVariable("flv", vid[0]);
		so.addVariable("jpg",vid[3]);
		so.addParam("allowFullScreen","true");
		so.addParam("wmode","opaque");
		so.write("flvplayer");
	}
	else
	{
		$('video_content').innerHTML = "<img src='/themes/eli/images/loading.gif'>";
		$('video_desc').innerHTML = "<img src='/themes/eli/images/loading.gif'>";
	}

}