var req="";
var url="points.php";
var displaybox="";

function getText(obj)
{
  //  alert(obj);
	if (document.getElementById&&!document.all) displaybox = document.getElementById(obj);
	else if (document.all) displaybox = document.all(obj);
//   	alert("ID = "+displaybox.id);
	if (displaybox!="")
	{
		var requrl = url;
       	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
//          alert("Http");
			var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
			req.onreadystatechange = function textChange() {
			     if (req.readyState == 4) {
			        // only if "OK"
			        if (req.status == 200) {
						var resp = req.responseText;
						displaybox.innerHTML += "$"+(resp*0.01).toPrecision(2);
					}
			     }
				};
     		req.open("GET", requrl, true);
        	req.send(null);
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
 //         alert("ActiveX");
		   	var req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        	if (req) {
                req.onreadystatechange = function textChange() {
			     if (req.readyState == 4) {
			        // only if "OK"
			        if (req.status == 200) {
						var resp = req.responseText;
						displaybox.innerHTML += "$"+(resp*0.01).toPecision(2);
					}
			     }
				};
				req.open("GET", requrl, true)
            	req.send();
        }
  	  }
  	else  alert("There was a problem getting the data.");
	}
}