function $(id) {
     return document.getElementById(id);
}

function Reguest() {
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
    	httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
			httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
        }
	} 
	else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		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;
	} else {
		return httpRequest;
	}
}

function SetCountryXS(language) {	
	Reguest();	
	var countryID = $('selCountries').value	
	params = "id=" + countryID + "&lan=" + language;
	httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContents(httpRequest); };
    httpRequest.open('GET', 'include/getcities.php?' + params, true);
    httpRequest.send(null);
}

function alertContents(httpRequest) {
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 1) {
		$('selCities').options.length=0
		var option = document.createElement('option');;
		option.appendChild(document.createTextNode('Loading'));
		option.setAttribute('value', -1);
		$('selCities').appendChild(option);
	}
	if (httpRequest.readyState == 4) {
		if (httpRequest.status == 200) {
			$('selCities').options.length=0
			var x=httpRequest.responseXML.getElementsByTagName("city");
			for (var i=0;i<x.length;i++) {
				var option = document.createElement('option');;
				option.appendChild(document.createTextNode(x[i].getElementsByTagName('Name')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue));
				option.setAttribute('value', x[i].getElementsByTagName('Id')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue);
				$('selCities').appendChild(option);
			}
		} else {
			alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
		}
	}
}