function loadXMLDoc(dname)
{
    alert("got in loadXML");
    xmlDoc = false;
    // branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
    if(window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
	    alert("got in first if");
	    xmlDoc = new XMLHttpRequest();
	    xmlDoc.open("GET",dname,false);
	    xmlDoc.send("");
	    xmlDoc=xmlDoc.responseXML;
	}
    // branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
    else if(ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XLMDOM") 
	    {
		xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
		xmlDoc.async=false;
		xmlDoc.load(dname);
	    }
	    return(xmlDoc);
	    }