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;
}
