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function getObject(name) { 
   var ns4 = (document.layers) ? true : false; 
   var w3c = (document.getElementById) ? true : false; 
   var ie4 = (document.all) ? true : false; 

   if (ns4) return eval('document.' + name); 
   if (w3c) return document.getElementById(name); 
   if (ie4) return eval('document.all.' + name); 
   return false; 
}

//Gets the browser specific XmlHttpRequest Object
function getXmlHttpRequestObject() {
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        return new XMLHttpRequest();
    } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
        return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
    } else {
        alert("Your browser does not support this feature.  Please upgrade or use a different browser. Older (pre-v2.8) versions of Order Editor do not have this restriction.");
    }
}

//Our XmlHttpRequest object to get the auto suggest
var request = getXmlHttpRequestObject();
/***************************************************
 GET STATES FUNCTIONS 
 ***************************************************/
function getStates(countryID, div_element) {
    if (request.readyState == 4 || request.readyState == 0) {
        // indicator make visible here..
        getObject("indicator").style.visibility = 'visible';
        var contentType = "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8";
        var fields = "action=getStates&country="+countryID;
                    
        request.open("POST", 'create_account.php', true);
        //request.onreadystatechange = getStatesRequest;
        request.onreadystatechange = function() {
            getStatesRequest(request, div_element);
        };
        
        request.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", contentType);        
        request.send(fields);
    }
}                                        
//Called when the AJAX response is returned.
function getStatesRequest(request, div_element) {
    if (request.readyState == 4) {
        var obj_div = getObject(div_element);
        // make hidden
        getObject('indicator').style.visibility = 'hidden';
      obj_div.innerHTML = request.responseText;
        
        for (i=0; i<obj_div.childNodes.length; i++){
            if (obj_div.childNodes[i].nodeName=="SELECT")
                obj_div.childNodes[i].focus();
        }
    }
}
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