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author Robert McIntyre <rlm@mit.edu>
date Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:57:26 -0400
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     1 // method that sets up a cross-browser XMLHttpRequest object



     2 function getHTTPObject() {



     3 	var http_object;



     4 



     5 	// MSIE Proprietary method



     6 



     7 	/*@cc_on



     8 	@if (@_jscript_version >= 5)



     9 		try {



    10 			http_object = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");



    11 		}



    12 		catch (e) {



    13 			try {



    14 				http_object = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");



    15 			}



    16 			catch (E) {



    17 				http_object = false;



    18 			}



    19 		}



    20 	@else



    21 		xmlhttp = http_object;



    22 	@end @*/



    23 



    24 



    25 	// Mozilla and others method



    26 



    27 	if (!http_object && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {



    28 		try {



    29 			http_object = new XMLHttpRequest();



    30 		}



    31 		catch (e) {



    32 			http_object = false;



    33 		}



    34 	}



    35 



    36 	return http_object;



    37 }