// Create a boolean variable to check for a valid IE instance
var xmlhttp = false;

// Check if we are using IE
try{
	// If the JS version is greater than 5
	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
	
} catch (e) {
	// If not, then use the older active x object.
	try{
		// If we are using IE
		xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
		
		} catch (E) {
		 // Else we must be using a non-IE browser
		 xmlhttp = false;
	}
}

// If we are using a non-IE browser, create a js instance of the object
if(!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
 xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
}

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