var pos; // variable for posting information
function loadXMLPosDoc(url,posData) {
	// branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        pos = new XMLHttpRequest();
        pos.onreadystatechange = processPosChange;
		if (typeof(posData) != 'undefined'){
			pos.open("POST", url, true);
			posData = encodeURI(posData);
			pos.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			pos.setRequestHeader("Content-length", posData.length);
			pos.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
			//alert (posData);
			pos.send(posData);
		}else{
			pos.open("GET", url, false);
			pos.send(posData);
		}
		
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        pos = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
        if (pos) {
            pos.onreadystatechange = processPosChange;
            pos.open("POST", url, true);
			posData = encodeURI(posData);
			pos.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
			if (posData){
			pos.setRequestHeader("Content-length", posData.length);
			}
			pos.setRequestHeader("Connection", "close");
            pos.send(posData);
			//alert (posData + 'is being sent');
        }
    }
}


function grabPosXML (tagName) {
	//alert (tagName);
	return pos.responseXML.documentElement.getElementsByTagName(tagName)[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue;
}

function processPosChange() {
    // page loaded "complete"
    if (pos.readyState == 4) {
        // page is "OK"
        if (pos.status == 200) {
			if ( grabPosXML("status") == 'NOTOK' ) { 
				alert('There were problems Sending Email. Please check back in a couple minutes');
			}
			else{
				hideContactTimer()
			}
		}
	}
}