function getHTTPObject()
	{
		var xhr = false;
		if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
			var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} else if (window.ActiveXObject) {
			try {
				var xhr = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			} catch(e) {
				try {
					var xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
				} catch(e) {
					xhr = false;
				}
			}
		}
		return xhr;//return the value of xhr
	}