function first(path){
		makeRequest(path+"&date="+Date(),displayDocList);

}

function makeRequest(url,functionName)
 {
		
           http_request = false;
			

                if (window.XMLHttpRequest) 
                { 
				// Mozilla, Safari,...
                    http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
                    if (http_request.overrideMimeType) 
                    {
                        //http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                    }
                } 
                else if (window.ActiveXObject) 
                { // IE
                   try 
                   {
                        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
						//alert("got http");
                   } 
                    catch (e)
                   {
                       try 
                       {
                        http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                        } 
                       catch (e) 
					   {
					   }
                   }
                }

                if (!http_request) 
                {
                   alert("Giving up : Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance");
                    return false;
                }
				//alert("url is "+url);
                http_request.onreadystatechange = functionName;
				//alert("after onreadystatechange ");
                http_request.open('GET', url, true);
                http_request.send(null);

}

function displayDocList(){
	if (http_request.readyState == 4){
		if (http_request.status == 200){ 
				document.getElementById('result').innerHTML=http_request.responseText;  
		}else{
			    //alert('There was a problem with the request.'+http_request.status+http_request.readyState);
    	}
		
    }
 }