function getcounts(start, expand, path){
	var XMLHttpRequestObject = false; 

	//check browser
	if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
		XMLHttpRequestObject = new XMLHttpRequest();
	} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
		XMLHttpRequestObject = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}

	if(XMLHttpRequestObject) {
		if (expand) {
			XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", path+"?readviewentries&Start=1&Count=9999&Expand=" + expand); 
		}else{
			XMLHttpRequestObject.open("GET", path+"?readviewentries&Start=1&Count=9999"); 
		}			
     	XMLHttpRequestObject.onreadystatechange = function() { 
     		if (XMLHttpRequestObject.readyState == 4 && XMLHttpRequestObject.status == 200) { 
     			var XMLEntriesDoc = XMLHttpRequestObject.responseXML;
				var entries = XMLEntriesDoc.getElementsByTagName("viewentry");
     			//total entries at this point
				var entrycount = entries.length + 1;		
				//loop and find the count where we're starting
				var counter = 0;
				for (i = 0; i < entries.length; i++){	
					counter = counter + 1
					if (entries[i].getAttribute("position")==start) {
						var startentrynum = counter ;
					}
				}
				alert('Starting at ' + startentrynum + ' of ' + entrycount);	
			} 
		} 
		XMLHttpRequestObject.send(null); 
	}
}