var xmlhttp

//**********************************************************************
// Loads the current Room
//**********************************************************************
function InitialLoad(strQuery)
{
ChangeSpeaker(strQuery);
}

//**********************************************************************
// This function is used to create the xml Objects
//**********************************************************************

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
  // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
  return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
  // code for IE6, IE5
  return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
return null;
}


function ChangeSpeaker(strQuery)
{
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
  {
  alert ("Your browser does not support AJAX!");
  return;
  }
var url="modules/spkrCarousel.asp";
url=url+"?"+strQuery;
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function stateChanged()
{
if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
   document.getElementById("SpeakerInfoArea").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
   //setTimeout('ChangeSpeaker()',5000);
  }
}