//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");
    //alert ("You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer.");
} catch (e) {
    //If not, then use the older active x object.
    try {
	//If we are using Internet Explorer.
	xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
	//alert ("You are using Microsoft Internet Explorer");
    } 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();
    //alert ("You are not using Microsoft Internet Explorer");
}
function makerequest(serverPage, objID, name) {
    var obj = document.getElementById(objID);
    //var title = encodeURIComponent(name).replace( /\%20/g, '+' ).replace( /!/g, '%21' ).replace( /'/g, '%27' ).replace( /\(/g, '%28' ).replace( /\)/g, '%29' ).replace( /\*/g, '%2A' ).replace( /\~/g, '%7E' );
    xmlhttp.open("GET", serverPage + escape(name));
    xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
	if (xmlhttp.readyState == 4 && xmlhttp.status == 200) {
	    obj.innerHTML = xmlhttp.responseText;
	}
    }
    xmlhttp.send(null);
}