function startTimer()
{

   //new Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater('matchdirect', 'test.php', {
     //method: 'get', frequency: 3, decay: 2
   //});

}

     function afficherChoixDate(nb) {
        //var cdate = document.getElementById("cdate");
        var ldate = document.getElementById("ldate");

        if(nb=="1")
           {
               ldate.style.display = "block";
           }
           else
               {
                   ldate.style.display = "none";
               }
     }


function callScript ( scriptName,  data ){

	var xhr_object = null;

	if(window.XMLHttpRequest) // Firefox
	   xhr_object = new XMLHttpRequest();
	else if(window.ActiveXObject) // Internet Explorer
	   xhr_object = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	else { // XMLHttpRequest non supporté par le navigateur
	   alert("Votre navigateur ne supporte pas les objets XMLHTTPRequest...");
     return;
	}

	xhr_object.open("POST", scriptName, true);

	xhr_object.onreadystatechange = function() {
	   if(xhr_object.readyState == 4) {
			//alert(xhr_object.responseText); // DEBUG MODE
			//document.write(xhr_object.responseText);
			eval(xhr_object.responseText);
		 }
	}

	xhr_object.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
	xhr_object.send(data);
}

function appel (){
   callScript("traitement.php?type=all",null);
}
function appel_news (){
   callScript("traitement.php?type=news",null);
}
function appel_breve (){
   callScript("traitement.php?type=breve",null);
}
function appelUp($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=all&req=up&deb="+$deb,null);}
function appelDown($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=all&req=down&deb="+$deb,null);}
function appel_newsUp($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=news&req=up&deb="+$deb,null);}
function appel_newsDown($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=news&req=down&deb="+$deb,null);}
function appel_breveUp($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=breve&req=up&deb="+$deb,null);}
function appel_breveDown($deb){callScript("traitement.php?type=breve&req=down&deb="+$deb,null);}