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;

}