var LastWord;
  
  function assocGetWord(w) {
    assocSendRequest(widgetUrl() + "?w=" + w);
  }
  
  function assocSbm(frmObj) {
    assocSendRequest(widgetUrl() + "?nw=" + frmObj.w.value + "&d=" + frmObj.d.value);
    return false;
  }
  
  function assocCcl() {
    assocSendRequest(widgetUrl() + "?w=" + LastWord);
  }

  function widgetUrl() {
    return "http://www.pitchstorm.tv/wp-content/plugins/widgets/assoc_dict.php";
  }
  
  function assocSendRequest(url) {
    assocReq = false;
    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
      try {
        assocReq = new XMLHttpRequest();
        assocReq.onreadystatechange = assocProcessReqChange;
        assocReq.open('GET', url, true);
        assocReq.send(null);
      } catch(e) {
        assocReq = false;
      }
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
      // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
      try {
        assocReq = new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
      } catch(e) {
        try {
          assocReq = new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
        } catch(e) {
          assocReq = false;
        }
      }
      if (assocReq) {
        assocReq.onreadystatechange = assocProcessReqChange;
        assocReq.open('GET', url, true);
        assocReq.send();
      }
    }
  }

  function assocProcessReqChange() {
    if (4 != assocReq.readyState) { return; }
    if (200 != assocReq.status) { return; }

    var parts, newwords, i, r, stripped, idx;
    
    parts = assocReq.responseText.split("#");
    switch (parts[0]) {
      case "200":
        newwords = parts[2].split(" ");
        LastWord = parts[1];
        r = "<p><b>" + parts[1] + "</b>: ";
        for (i = 0; i < newwords.length; i++) {
          stripped = newwords[i];
          idx = stripped.indexOf("'");
          while (idx > -1) {
            stripped = stripped.replace("'", "");
            idx = stripped.indexOf("'");
          }
          r += "<a href=javascript:assocGetWord('" + stripped + "')>" + newwords[i] + "</a> ";
        }
      document.getElementById("assoc_dict_word").innerHTML = r + "</p>";
        break;
      case "404":
        r = '<p><b>' + parts[1] + '</b>: Words fail me -- you can add a description if you want.<br /><form onsubmit="return assocSbm(this);"><input type="hidden" name="w" value="' + parts[1] + '"><textarea class="assoc_textarea" name="d"></textarea><br /><input type="submit" value="add"><input type="reset" value="back" onclick="assocCcl();"></form></p>';
        document.getElementById("assoc_dict_word").innerHTML = r;
        break;
      default:
        break;
    }
  }