<!--
function handleHttpNewsResponse() {    
	if (http.readyState == 4) { 
		  if(http.status==200) { 
			var results=http.responseText; 
//				alert(results);
			document.getElementById('menu_nieuws').innerHTML = results;
		  } 
	   } 
	} 

   function handleHttpResponse() {    
	if (http.readyState == 4) { 
		  if(http.status==200) { 
			var results=http.responseText; 
			//alert(results);
			document.getElementById('mainbody').innerHTML = results;
		  } 
	   } 
	} 

function requestNewsPage() {      
		var url = ""; // The server-side script 
		$page_num = document.getElementById ('page_num').value;
		url = "nieuws.php" + '?pageNum_nieuws=' + $page_num;
//		alert (url);
		http.open("GET", url, true); 
		http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpNewsResponse; 
		http.send(null); 
	} 		   
	
   function nextNewsPage() {
//	   alert ('next');
	 var $current_page = eval(document.getElementById('page_num').value);
//	 alert ($current_page);
	 var $max_page = eval(document.getElementById('max_pages').value);
	 if ( $current_page < $max_page) 
	   {
	   document.getElementById('page_num').value = $current_page + 1;
	   requestNewsPage();
	   }
	}

   function previousNewsPage() {
//	   alert ('previous');
	 var $current_page = eval(document.getElementById('page_num').value);
	 if ($current_page > 0) 
	   {
	   document.getElementById('page_num').value = $current_page - 1;
	   requestNewsPage();
	   }
	}
	
   function firstNewsPage() {
//	   alert ('first');
	 document.getElementById('page_num').value = 0;
	 requestNewsPage();
	}

   function setNewsPage(val) {
	 document.getElementById('page_num').value = eval(val);
	 requestNewsPage();
	}

   function lastNewsPage() {
//	   alert ('last');
	 document.getElementById('page_num').value = eval(document.getElementById('max_pages').value);
	 requestNewsPage();
	}

   function getNewsItem(val) {
		var url = "nieuws_item.php"; // The server-side script 
		var param = 'event_id=' + val;
		//alert(url);
		http.open("POST", url, true); 
		http.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
		http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse; 
		http.send(param); 
   }