var timerID
var xmlhttp
var url="_infoBar.php";


//document.getElementById("ranNum").innerHTML="getting XMLHTTP object";
xmlhttp=GetXmlHttpObject();
if (xmlhttp==null)
{
  //alert ("Your browser does not support XMLHTTP!");
  exit;
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=stateChanged;
showInfoBar();

//get page from the server
function showInfoBar()
{
  //var ranNum = Math.floor(Math.random()*12);
  //document.getElementById("ranNum").innerHTML=ranNum
  //xmlhttp.open("GET",url + '?id=' + ranNum,true);
  xmlhttp.open("GET",url,true);
  xmlhttp.send(null);
}

function stateChanged()
{
  if (xmlhttp.readyState==4)
  {
    document.getElementById("infoBar").innerHTML=xmlhttp.responseText;
    timerID = setTimeout(showInfoBar, 216000);
  }
}

function GetXmlHttpObject()
{
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest)
  {
    // code for IE7+, Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari
    return new XMLHttpRequest();
  }
  if (window.ActiveXObject)
  {
    // code for IE6, IE5
    return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  return null;
}