//show status of request on page
	function status(fl)
	{
		if(fl){
			if($("confirm"))
				new Effect.Appear('confirm',{duration:0.5,queue:'end'});
		}else{
			if (IE && !is_ie7plus) {
				new Effect.Fade ('confirmframe',{duration:0.5,queue:'end'});
			}
			new Effect.Fade ('confirm',{duration:0.5,queue:'end'});
		}
	}



	function doQuery(startUpdate,select)
	{
		showLoading();

		if(select){
 			// set supplied color for selectbox
 			if(select.selectedIndex)
 				select.style.color = 'red';
 			else
 				select.style.color = 'black';

 			// set supplied color for option
 			for ( i = 0; i < select.options.length; ++i ){
 				if(i == select.selectedIndex)
 					select.options[i].style.color = 'red';
 				else
 					select.options[i].style.color = 'black';

 				if(select.selectedIndex == 0)
 					select.options[i].style.color = 'black';
 			}
 		}

		if(startUpdate){
			$("start").value	= startUpdate;
		}
		var start			= $("start").serialize(true);

		var topic_id		= $("topic_id").serialize(true);

var user_role_id		= $("user_role_id").serialize(true);

var consulting_activity_id		= $("consulting_activity_id").serialize(true);

var period_dec		= $("period_dec").serialize(true);

var abstraction_level_id		= $("abstraction_level_id").serialize(true);

var perspective_id		= $("perspective_id").serialize(true);

		// prepare post options and fields
		var options = {
			queue:'end',
		    method : 	'post',
		    postBody:	topic_id+'&'+user_role_id+'&'+consulting_activity_id+'&'+period_dec+'&'+abstraction_level_id+'&'+perspective_id+'&'+start,
		    encoding:   'ISO-8859-1',
		    onSuccess: handleFunc,
			asynchronous:true,
			evalScripts:true
		};

		new Ajax.Request('/facetsearch/facetsearchHandler.php', options);
	}

	var errFunc = function(t)
	{
		alert('Error: ' + t.status + ' -- ' + t.statusText);
	}

	var handleFunc = function(t)
	{
		status();
		$('Results').innerHTML		= t.responseText;
	}

	Event.observe(window,'load',function(e){initModal();doQuery();status();},false);