robert@0: // method that sets up a cross-browser XMLHttpRequest object
robert@0: function getHTTPObject() {
robert@0: 	var http_object;
robert@0: 
robert@0: 	// MSIE Proprietary method
robert@0: 
robert@0: 	/*@cc_on
robert@0: 	@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
robert@0: 		try {
robert@0: 			http_object = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
robert@0: 		}
robert@0: 		catch (e) {
robert@0: 			try {
robert@0: 				http_object = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
robert@0: 			}
robert@0: 			catch (E) {
robert@0: 				http_object = false;
robert@0: 			}
robert@0: 		}
robert@0: 	@else
robert@0: 		xmlhttp = http_object;
robert@0: 	@end @*/
robert@0: 
robert@0: 
robert@0: 	// Mozilla and others method
robert@0: 
robert@0: 	if (!http_object && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
robert@0: 		try {
robert@0: 			http_object = new XMLHttpRequest();
robert@0: 		}
robert@0: 		catch (e) {
robert@0: 			http_object = false;
robert@0: 		}
robert@0: 	}
robert@0: 
robert@0: 	return http_object;
robert@0: }