//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 non-IE 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);
  }