//Create a boolean variable to check for a valid Internet Explorer instance.
var xmlhttp=false;

//Check if we are using IE.
try{
	//If the Javascript 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 Internet Explorer.
		xmlhttp=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	}catch(e){
		//Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
		xmlhttp=false;
	}
}

//If we are using a nonIE browser, create a javascript 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);
}