- // Global XMLHttpRequest object.
- var httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
-
- function load( startMillis, numEntries, showOnly, eprintIDs )
- {
- // Open the request. Setting the third argument to TRUE makes the
- // request asynchronous, i.e., the browser doesn't wait.
- httpRequest.open('GET', 'css_map.pl?width=1024&height=520&top=' + numEntries
- + "&show=" + showOnly + "&eprint=" + eprintIDs, true);
-
- // When we hear something from the server, call the handleResponse()
- // function to find out what happened.
- httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function ()
- {
- if(httpRequest.readyState == 4)
- {
- if (httpRequest.status == 200) // Did it work?
- {
- // Grab the response content.
- document.getElementById( "map" ).innerHTML = httpRequest.responseText;
- // Grab finishing time. We have to do this here rather than in
- // the main part of the load() function because the map data
- // are generated asynchronously.
- var endTime = new Date();
- document.getElementById( "timer" ).innerHTML =
- 'Page generated in ' +
- ( endTime - startMillis ) +
- ' ms.';
- }
- else
- {
- // Do some sort of error handling.
- }
- }
- };
-
- // Send the request.
- httpRequest.send(null);
-
- }