function picboxshow ( url ) {
   url = "http://www.european-window.com" +url;
   // show picbox
   document.getElementById("picbox").style.display = "block";
   // show image in picbox
   document.getElementById("picboxcontent").innerHTML = '<img src="'+ url +'" />';
}

function picboxshowpage( url) {

   url = "http://www.european-window.com" +url;
   // show picbox
   document.getElementById("picbox").style.display = "block";
   // show image in picbox
   document.getElementById("picboxcontent").innerHTML = pbsynRequest( url);
}

function picboxhide( sender) {
   document.getElementById("picbox").style.display = "none";
}

function pbsynRequest( getUrl) {
	
	var respoense ="";
	var xmlHttpObject = false;
	
	if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
		xmlHttpObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
	}
	if (!xmlHttpObject) {
		try {
			xmlHttpObject = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} 
		catch (e) {
			try {
				xmlHttpObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} 
			catch (e) {
				xmlHttpObject = null;
			}
		}
	}
	
	
	// request
	xmlHttpObject.open('get', getUrl, false); // false = synchron request
	xmlHttpObject.send(null); //wait till request succeded
	
	if (xmlHttpObject.readyState == 4)
	{
		respoense = xmlHttpObject.responseText
	}
	else {
		alert("Request fehlgeschlagen!");
	}
	
	return respoense;
}