var xhr = false;

if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
}
else {
if (window.ActiveXObject) {
try {
xhr = new ActiveXObject(“Microsoft.XMLHTTP”);
}
catch (e) { }
}

function makerequest(serverPage, objID){
var obj = document.getElementById(objID);

xhr.onreadystatechange = function() {
if (xhr.readystate == 4 && xhr.status == 200){
obj.innerHTML = xhr.responseText;
}
else {
obj.innerHTML = “There was a problem with the request ” + xhr.status;
}
}

xhr.open(“GET”, serverPage, true);
xhr.send(null);
}