function padAjax(id, url, ms) {

        var 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");
            } catch (e) {
                try {
                    http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }

        if (!http_request) {
            document.getElementById(id).innerHTML='Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance';
            return false;
        }

        http_request.onreadystatechange = function() { padAjaxContents(id, http_request, ms, url); };
        http_request.open('GET', url, true);
        http_request.send(null);

    }

function padAjaxContents(id, http_request, ms, url) {

  if (http_request.readyState == 4) {

    document.getElementById(id).innerHTML=http_request.responseText;

    if (ms > 0) {
     setTimeout("padAjax('"+id+"','"+url+"',"+ms+")",ms);
    }

  }

}

    function ajaxSubmitForm(form, url, id) {
var params = Form.serialize($(form));
        new Ajax.Updater(id, url, {asynchronous:true, parameters:params});
    }