function getNext(dir)
			{
			
			var slideid = document.getElementById('slideid').value;
			
			if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
				{ 
				http_request = new XMLHttpRequest();
				http_request.open('POST', 'cfms/getNextHomepageSlide.cfm', true);
				http_request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
				}
		 	else if(window.ActiveXObject)
			    { // IE
				http_request = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				http_request.open('POST', 'cfms/getNextHomepageSlide.cfm', true);
				}
			http_request.setRequestHeader('Content-Type', 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded');
			http_request.onreadystatechange = function()
				{
				alertContents(http_request);
				} // end capture function
			http_request.send('slideid=' + slideid + "&dir=" + dir);	
			}
		function alertContents(http_request)
			{
			  if (http_request.readyState == 4) 
				{
				 if (http_request.status == 200) // success
					{
					var stRequest = http_request.responseText;
					var slideid =  parseInt(TrimString(stRequest));
					document.getElementById('content').src ="slider.html?slideid=" + slideid + "&aPlay=1";
					document.getElementById('slideid').value = slideid;
					} 
				 }
			}	// end ajax request for image info