Synchronous AJAX

// Snippet showing how to use synchronous AJAX


function getFile(url) {
  if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {              
    AJAX=new XMLHttpRequest();              
  } else {                                  
    AJAX=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  }
  if (AJAX) {
     AJAX.open("GET", url, false);                             
     AJAX.send(null);
     return AJAX.responseText;                                         
  } else {
     return false;
  }                                             
}

var fileFromServer = getFile('http://somedomain.com/somefile.txt');