// +-------------------------------------------------------------+
// | Zaplife AJAX friend search javascript file
// | All rights reserved. Copyright 2005-2008 Zaplife
// |
// +-------------------------------------------------------------+

var is_searching = false;

function doFriendSearch(value, container) {
    // If we're already loading, don't do anything
    if (is_searching) return false; 
   
    is_searching = true;
   
   	hideTooltip(value);
    startLoader(container);
    
	$(container).effect('opacity', { 'onComplete' : function () { doFriendAjaxSearch(value, container); }, 'duration' : 250 }).start(0);
}

function doFriendAjaxSearch (value, container) {
	
    var vars = {
		url: 'ajax_search.php', 
		method: 'post',
		evalScripts: false,
		data: 'action=mini_friend_search&value=' + encodeURIComponent($(value).value),
		onComplete: function (responseTree, responseElements, responseHTML, responseJavaScript) {
			
			$(container).set('html', responseHTML);
			$(container).effect('opacity', { 'duration' : 250 }).start(1);
			
			startSlideshow.update();
			
			is_searching = false;

		}
	};
	var myAjax = new Request.HTML(vars).send();
}