function createXmlHttpRequestObject() 
{  
if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
        try {
            return new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch (e){}
    } else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
        try {
            return new ActiveXObject('Msxml2.XMLHTTP');
        } catch (e){
          try {
              return new ActiveXObject('Microsoft.XMLHTTP');
          } catch (e){}
        }
    }
    return null;
}