// replicate base xmlhttprequest.js loadContent using jquery methods
function loadContent(href, tagId, method, form_obj, local_debug) {
    // make the tag jquery friendly :)
    jQtag = '#'+tagId;
    // make sure the element we want to target exists
    if ($(jQtag).length)
    {
        href = href + '&pageName=module';
        if (local_debug == null || local_debug == '') local_debug = false;
        // default method = get
        if (method == null || method == '') 
        { 
            method = 'GET';
        }
        method = method.toUpperCase();
        argstr = '';
        if (method == 'POST')
        {
            if (form_obj !== undefined) 
            {
                // make the form tag jquery friendly too
                form_obj = '#'+form_obj;
                // make sure we have a form
                if ($(form_obj).length)
                {
                    // get all form elements with a name attribute
                    $(form_obj).children('[@name]').each(function()
                    {
                        // and add them to the args for this request
                        argstr = argstr + '&' + $(this).attr('name') + '=' + $(this).val();
                    }
                    );
                }
            }
        }
        // let the user know we're working
        document.body.style.cursor = 'wait';
		$('#loading_box').show();
        // finally, call our request
        $.ajax({
            url: href,
            type: method,
            dataType: 'html',
            data: argstr,
            timeout: 5000,
            error: function(){
                document.body.style.cursor='default'; 
				$('#loading_box').hide();

                if (local_debug)
                {
                    alert('Error loading document at URL: '+href+argstr+' using method: '+method);
                }
                document.location = href+argstr;
            },
            success: function(dataout){
               // find our replacement element
                if ($(dataout).find(jQtag).length)
                {
                    // and replace the html in our target
                    $(jQtag).html($(dataout).find(jQtag).html());
                }
                document.body.style.cursor='default'; 
				$('#loading_box').hide();
            }
        });
        return false;
    }
}