//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 AJAXrequest(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);
		}