var sound = new Image();
sound.src = "images/sound.gif";

var soundclose = new Image();
soundclose.src = "images/soundclose.gif";

function playsound(url, thisimage) {
var newdiv=document.getElementById('newdiv');
theBody=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];
if(!newdiv)
	{
	var newdiv = document.createElement('div');
	newdiv.id = 'newdiv';
	}
if(thisimage.src==soundclose.src)
	{
	thisimage.src=sound.src;
	var resultsound=AJAXrequest(url);
	newdiv.innerHTML=resultsound;
	theBody.appendChild(newdiv);
	}
else if(thisimage.src==sound.src)
	{
	thisimage.src=soundclose.src;
	newdiv.innerHTML="";
	newdiv.style.display = 'none';
	theBody.removeChild(newdiv);
	}
}