function getHTTPObject() {
    var xmlhttp;
    /*@cc_on
    @if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
    try {
        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
    } catch (e) {
      try {
        xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
      } catch (E) {
        xmlhttp = false;
      }
    }
  @else
  xmlhttp = false;
  @end @*/
    if (!xmlhttp && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined') {
        try 
        {
            xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch (e) {
        xmlhttp = false;
        }
    }
    return xmlhttp;
}