var xmlHttp

function getCookie(name) {
   var i=0;  //Suchposition im Cookie
   var suche = name + "=";
   while (i<document.cookie.length) {
      if (document.cookie.substring(i, i + suche.length) == suche) {
         var ende = document.cookie.indexOf(";", i + suche.length);
         ende = (ende > -1) ? ende :
         document.cookie.length;
         var cook = document.cookie.substring(i
            + suche.length, ende);
         return unescape(cook);
      }
      i++;
   }
   return "";
}

function showstate(testdatum)
{
xmlHttp=GetXmlHttpObject()
if (xmlHttp==null)
 {
 alert ("Browser does not support HTTP Request")
 return
 }
var url="livestat2.php"
xmlHttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged
xmlHttp.open("GET",url,true)
xmlHttp.send(null)
}

function stateChanged()
{
if (xmlHttp.readyState==4 || xmlHttp.readyState=="complete")
 {
 document.getElementById("txtHint").innerHTML=xmlHttp.responseText

 }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
var xmlHttp=null;
try
 {
 // Firefox, Opera 8.0+, Safari
 xmlHttp=new XMLHttpRequest();
 }
catch (e)
 {
 //Internet Explorer
 try
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
  }
 catch (e)
  {
  xmlHttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
 }

 zeitakt = window.setTimeout("showstate()",60000);

return xmlHttp;
}