function CreateHttpRequestObject()
{
	var req = false;
	if(window.XMLHttpRequest) {	// branch for native XMLHttpRequest object
		try {
			req = new XMLHttpRequest();
		} catch(e) {
			req = false;
		}
	}
	else if(window.ActiveXObject) {	// branch for IE/Windows ActiveX version
		try {
			req = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
		} catch(e) {
			try {
				req = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
			} catch(e) {
				req = false;
			}
		}
	}
	return req;
}