function ContactView()
{
    alert("1")
    var txtSearchbox = $("#searchTextField").val();
$.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        data: param = "searchField="+txtSearchbox+"&office="+localStorage.getItem("office")+"&person="+localStorage.getItem("person")+"&user="+localStorage.getItem("user")+"&organization="+localStorage.getItem("organization"),
        contentType: "application/json; charset=utf-8",
        url: "http://msw-wsdl.company.net/mobile.asmx/ContactGet",
        dataType: "json",
        success: successContact,
        failure: function (msg) {
            console.log(msg);
        }
    });
    alert("2")   /*this is the last alert that pop's up, nothing further*/
}
/*wsdl call succeed*/
function successContact(data) {
    alert("3")
    $("#lstView_contacts").kendoMobileListView({
        dataSource: JSON.parse(data.d),
        template: $("#lstView_contact_Template").html(),
        endlessScroll: true,
        scrollThreshold: 8
    });
    window.location = "#contactsview";
}