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diff --git a/httemplate/elements/xmlhttp.html b/httemplate/elements/xmlhttp.html
index a9e65c790..b2f265afb 100644
--- a/httemplate/elements/xmlhttp.html
+++ b/httemplate/elements/xmlhttp.html
@@ -8,23 +8,27 @@ Example:
     'subs' => [ 'subroutine' ],
 
     # optional
-    'method' => 'GET', #defaults to GET, could specify POST
-    'key'    => 'unique', #unique key
+    'method'     => 'GET',    # defaults to GET, could specify POST
+    'key'        => 'unique', # unique key
+    'skip_empty' => '1',      # When the given key value is null or = 0,
+                              #   skip making a useless http request
 
   );
 
 </%doc>
+<%shared>
+my %initialized = ();#won't work if component is "preloaded"... so don't do that
+</%shared>
 <& /elements/rs_init_object.html &>
 <& /elements/init_overlib.html &>
 <SCRIPT TYPE="text/javascript">
 
 % foreach my $func ( @{$opt{'subs'}} ) { 
 %
-%       my $furl = $url;
-%       $furl =~ s/\"/\\\\\"/; #javascript escape
-%#"
-%  
-
+%   next if $initialized{$key.$func}++;
+%
+%   my $furl = $url;
+%   $furl =~ s/\"/\\\\\"/; #javascript escape (fix gvim syntax: ")
 
     function <%$key%><%$func%>() {
         // count args; build URL
@@ -41,8 +45,13 @@ Example:
             args = a;
             len = args.length - 1;
         }
+% if ( $opt{skip_empty} ) {
+        if ( args[0] == 0 || !args[0] ) {
+          return;
+        }
+% }
         for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) 
-            content = content + "&arg=" + escape(args[i]);
+            content = content + "&arg=" + encodeURIComponent(args[i]);
         content = content.replace( /[+]/g, '%2B'); // fix unescaped plus signs 
 
         if ( '<%$method%>' == 'GET' ) {