function hideHelp() {
    //document.getElementById('helpbox').setAttribute("class", 'helpBoxHidden' );
    document.getElementById('helpbox').className = 'helpBoxHidden';
}


var HelpRequest;

function HelpRequestQuery( url ) {
    HelpRequest = false;

     // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if( window.XMLHttpRequest ) {

        try {
            HelpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch( e ) {
            HelpRequest = false;
        }

    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if( window.ActiveXObject ) {

        try {

            HelpRequest = new ActiveXObject( "Msxml2.XMLHTTP" );

        } catch( e ) {

            try {
                HelpRequest = new ActiveXObject( "Microsoft.XMLHTTP" );
            } catch( e ) {
                HelpRequest = false;
            }

        }

    }

    if( HelpRequest ) {
        HelpRequest.onreadystatechange = processHelpRequestQuery;
        HelpRequest.open("GET", url, true);
        HelpRequest.send("");
    }

}

function processHelpRequestQuery() {
    if( HelpRequest.readyState == 4 ) {
        if( HelpRequest.status == 200 ) {
            var helpBox = document.getElementById('helpbox');
            //helpBox.setAttribute("class", 'helpBoxVisible' );
            helpBox.className = 'helpBoxVisible';
            document.getElementById('helpContent').innerHTML = HelpRequest.responseText;
        }
    }
}


function showHelpBox( textId ) {
    HelpRequestQuery( "http://www.interweb.no/includes/helpmessage.php?id=" + textId );
}