1 function createXMLHttpRequest() {
2 var request = false;
3 if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {
4 request = new XMLHttpRequest();
5 if(request.overrideMimeType) {
6 request.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
7 }
8 } else if(window.ActiveXObject) {
9 var versions = ['Microsoft.XMLHTTP', 'MSXML.XMLHTTP', 'Microsoft.XMLHTTP', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.7.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.5.0', 'Msxml2.XMLHTTP.4.0', 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0', 'MSXML2.XMLHTTP'];
10 for(var i=0; i<versions.length; i++) {
11 try {
12 request = new ActiveXObject(versions[i]);
13 if(request) {
14 return request;
15 }
16 } catch(e) {}
17 }
18 }
19 return request;
20 }