/********************************************************************
 *
 *  psNewsReader, from Puconsulting Software
 *
 *  (c) copyright 2004-2006 Puconsulting Software
 *
 *
 *  contact: info@puconsulting.com
 *  http://www.puconsulting.com
 *
 *
 *********************************************************************/

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;
}

xmlReq = getHTTPObject(); // create the HTTP obj
if (!xmlReq)
  alert("Error initializing XMLHttpRequest!");