var pos; // variable for posting information
function loadXMLPosDoc(url) {
    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        pos = new XMLHttpRequest();
        //alert (pos);
        pos.onreadystatechange = function () {
          //alert(pos.readyState);
          if (pos.readyState == 4) {
	           //hideContactTimer ();
	           setOutcome(pos.responseText);
          }
        }
        pos.open("GET", url,true);
	//pos.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
        pos.send(null);
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        pos = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (pos) {
            pos.onreadystatechange = function () {
          if (pos.readyState == 4) {
	           //hideContactTimer ();
	           setOutcome(pos.responseText);
          }
        }
            pos.open("GET", url,true);
	    //pos.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
            pos.send(null);
        }
    }
}
/*
function grabPosXML (tagName) {
return pos.responseXML.documentElement.getElementsByTagName(tagName)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
}

function processPosChange() {
    // page loaded "complete"
    if (pos.readyState == 4) {
      //hideContactTimer ();
      setOutcome(pos.responseText);
    }
}
*/