//function initNickNames() {
//	receiveNickNamesData();
//}

//initiates the first data query
function receiveNickNamesData() {
	if (httpReceiveNickNames.readyState == 4 || httpReceiveNickNames.readyState == 0) {
		httpReceiveNickNames.open("GET", 'pages/chat/GetNicknames.php', true);
    	httpReceiveNickNames.onreadystatechange = handlehttpReceiveNickNames; 
		httpReceiveNickNames.send(null);
	}
}

function handlehttpReceiveNickNames() {
  if (httpReceiveNickNames.readyState == 4) {
   // DATA RX //
	NickNamesResults = httpReceiveNickNames.responseText; //.split('---'); // the fields are seperated by ---
	document.getElementById('nicklist').innerHTML = httpReceiveNickNames.responseText; //NickNamesResults;
	}
}

function getHTTPNickNamesObject() {
  var xmlhttp;
  /*@cc_on
  @if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
    try {
      xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (E) {
        xmlhttp = false;
      }
    }
  @else
  xmlhttp = false;
  @end @*/
  if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
    try {
      xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e) {
      xmlhttp = false;
    }
  }
  return xmlhttp;
}

var httpReceiveNickNames = getHTTPNickNamesObject();
//var httpSendChat = getHTTPNickNamesObject();