var xmlhttp = false;
 
try {
  xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
  try {
    xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
  } catch (E) {
    xmlhttp = false;
  }
}

if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
  xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
}

function makerequest(serverPage, objID) {
  var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
  if (obj) {
    xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage);
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
      if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
        obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
      }
    }
    xmlhttp.send(null);
  }
} 