if(typeof DOMParser != 'undefined'){
        //var parser = new DOMParser();
        //xmldoc = parser.parseFromString(text, "text/xml");

var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.open("GET", "nav_menu.xml", false); 
req.send(null);
// print the name of the root element or error message
var xmldoc = req.responseXML;


}else if (typeof ActiveXObject != 'undefined'){
// create an instance of an XML object
var xmldoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
// ensure that we process it all before carrying on with the code
xmldoc.async = false;
// load the specified XML File
xmldoc.load('nav_menu.xml');
 }

// pull all the menuitem elements from the XML into an array
var menuItems = xmldoc.getElementsByTagName("menuitem");

//Menu object creation
oCMenu=new makeCM("oCMenu") //Making the menu object. Argument: menuname

oCMenu.frames = 0

//Menu properties  
oCMenu.pxBetween=2
oCMenu.fromLeft=0
oCMenu.fromTop=20  
oCMenu.rows=1 
oCMenu.menuPlacement="center"
                                                             
oCMenu.offlineRoot="file:///D:/Websites/www.aecannon.com/" 
oCMenu.onlineRoot="http://www.aecannon.com/" 
//oCMenu.onlineRoot="http://veive.lunarmania.com/~aecan0/" 
oCMenu.resizeCheck=1 
oCMenu.wait=200 
//oCMenu.fillImg="cm_fill.gif"
oCMenu.zIndex=0

//Background bar properties
oCMenu.useBar=0
//oCMenu.barWidth="90%"
//oCMenu.barHeight="menu" 
//oCMenu.barClass="clBar"
//oCMenu.barX=20 
//oCMenu.barY=-15
//oCMenu.barBorderX=0
//oCMenu.barBorderY=0
//oCMenu.barBorderClass=""

//Level properties - ALL properties have to be specified in level 0
oCMenu.level[0]=new cm_makeLevel() //Add this for each new level
oCMenu.level[0].width=110
oCMenu.level[0].height=22 
oCMenu.level[0].regClass="clLevel0"
oCMenu.level[0].overClass="clLevel0over"
oCMenu.level[0].borderX=1
oCMenu.level[0].borderY=1
oCMenu.level[0].borderClass="clLevel0border"
oCMenu.level[0].offsetX=0
oCMenu.level[0].offsetY=0
oCMenu.level[0].rows=0
oCMenu.level[0].arrow=0
oCMenu.level[0].arrowWidth=0
oCMenu.level[0].arrowHeight=0
oCMenu.level[0].align="bottom"


//EXAMPLE SUB LEVEL[1] PROPERTIES - You have to specify the properties you want different from LEVEL[0] - If you want all items to look the same just remove this
oCMenu.level[1]=new cm_makeLevel() //Add this for each new level (adding one to the number)
//oCMenu.level[1].width=oCMenu.level[0].width-2
oCMenu.level[1].width=360
oCMenu.level[1].height=17
oCMenu.level[1].regClass="clLevel1"
oCMenu.level[1].overClass="clLevel1over"
oCMenu.level[1].borderX=1
oCMenu.level[1].borderY=1
oCMenu.level[1].align="left" 
oCMenu.level[1].offsetX=-(oCMenu.level[0].width-2)/2
oCMenu.level[1].offsetY=0
oCMenu.level[1].borderClass="clLevel1border"

//EXAMPLE SUB LEVEL[2] PROPERTIES - You have to spesify the properties you want different from LEVEL[1] OR LEVEL[0] - If you want all items to look the same just remove this
//oCMenu.level[2]=new cm_makeLevel() //Add this for each new level (adding one to the number)
//oCMenu.level[2].width=100
//oCMenu.level[2].height=20
//oCMenu.level[2].offsetX=0
//oCMenu.level[2].offsetY=0
//oCMenu.level[2].regClass="clLevel2"
//oCMenu.level[2].overClass="clLevel2over"
//oCMenu.level[2].borderClass="clLevel2border"


// declare the variables that we need to use while processing the XML file.
var e;
var nodeid;
var parentid;
var labelTxt;
var linkTxt;
 

 for (var i=0;i<menuItems.length;i++)

 {
    // assign each element of the XML file to a variable
    e=menuItems[i];
   nodeid= 'm' + e.getElementsByTagName("node")[0].firstChild.data;
   parentid= 'm' + e.getElementsByTagName("parent")[0].firstChild.data;
   labelTxt2= '<span style=width:80px; height:80px;  onMouseover=turnOn(' + (i+1) + ')>' + e.getElementsByTagName("label")[0].firstChild.data + '</span>';
   labelTxt= e.getElementsByTagName("label")[0].firstChild.data;
   linkTxt =e.getElementsByTagName("link")[0].firstChild.data;
 
    //oM.makeMenu('<id>','<parent id>','<label>','<url>')
 
    //is this a top level menu item ?
    if (parentid=="m0")
    {
	   oCMenu.makeMenu(nodeid,'',labelTxt2,linkTxt);
    }
    else
    {
       oCMenu.makeMenu(nodeid,parentid,labelTxt,linkTxt);
    }

 }
//Leave this line - it constructs the menu
oCMenu.construct()