var http_request = false;

function makeRequest(url,elid) {

    http_request = false;

    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari,...
        http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
        if (http_request.overrideMimeType) {
            http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
            // See note below about this line
        }
    } 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('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
        return false;
    }
    http_request.onreadystatechange = alertContents;
    http_request.open('GET', url, true);
    http_request.send(null);

}


function alertContents() {

    if (http_request.readyState == 4) {
        if (http_request.status == 200) {
		document.getElementById('grupo-similares').innerHTML = http_request.responseText;

		if(document.getElementById('relogioquantidade').innerHTML<'2'){
			document.getElementById('btnsimilarleft').style.visibility='hidden';
			document.getElementById('btnsimilarright').style.visibility='hidden';
		}

        } else {
            //alert('There was a problem with the request.');
			document.getElementById('grupo-similares').innerHTML = http_request.responseText;
        }
    }

}