function makeRequest() {
	var http_request = false;
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		 http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
		 if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/html');
		 }
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
		 try {
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		 } catch (e) {
				try {
					 http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch (e) {}
		 }
	}
	if (!http_request) {
		 alert('Cannot create XMLHTTP instance');
		 return false;
	}
	
	return http_request;
}

function load_ticker()
{
	var http_request = false;
	document.getElementById("divloadticker").className = "ticker_load";
	http_request = makeRequest();
	
	if(http_request != null)
	{		
		http_request.open('GET', "ajax/ticker_box.php", true);
		http_request.onreadystatechange = ausgeben;
		http_request.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "text/html; charset=utf-8");
		http_request.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
		http_request.send(null);
	}
	else
	{
		alert("es wurde kein objekt erzeugt");
	}

	function ausgeben()
	{
		if (http_request.readyState == 4)
		{
			document.getElementById("divloadticker").className = "ticker";
			document.getElementById("divloadticker").innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
		}
	}
}