//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");
//    alert ("You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer.  You gimp.");
} catch (e) {
    //If not, then use the older active x object.
    try {
        //If we are using Internet Explorer.
        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
 //       alert ("You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer");
    } catch (E) {
        //Else we must be using a non-IE browser.
        xmlhttp = false;
    }
}
//If we are using a non-IE browser, create a javascript instance of the object.
if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
    xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
  //  alert ("You are not using Microsoft Internet Explorer.\nGood for you.");
}

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);
}