//create function to load the XML data from the specified document
//found this at w3schools http://www.w3schools.com/xml/xml_parser.asp
var xmlDoc;
function loadXmlDoc(dname, spanid) 
{
	// IE 5 and IE 6
	if (window.ActiveXObject)
	{
		xmlDoc=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
		xmlDoc.async=false;
		xmlDoc.load(dname);
		newsWrite(spanid);
		return null;
	}
	// Firefox or other.
	else if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
	{
		var XMLHTTP = new XMLHttpRequest();
		XMLHTTP.open("GET",dname,false);
		XMLHTTP.setRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
		XMLHTTP.send("Function=SysIMInfo");
		xmlDoc = document.implementation.createDocument("", "", null);
		var parser = new DOMParser();
		xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(XMLHTTP.responseText,"text/xml",false);
		newsWrite(spanid);
		return null;
	}
	alert("Error loading document");
	return null;
}
function newsWrite(spanid)
{
var sNews = "";
var items = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('item');
    for (i=0; i < items.length; i++)
    {
		sNews += '<p><strong><a href='
		+items[i].getElementsByTagName('link')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
		+'>'
		+items[i].getElementsByTagName('title')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
		+'</a></strong></p>'
		+'<p>';
		//+items[i].getElementsByTagName('description')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
		//+'</p>';
	}
	document.getElementById(spanid).innerHTML = sNews;
}