function HttpRequest(url){
var pageRequest = false //variable to hold ajax object
/*@cc_on
   @if (@_jscript_version >= 5)
      try {
      pageRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP")
      }
      catch (e){
         try {
         pageRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP")
         }
         catch (e2){
         pageRequest = false
         }
      }
   @end
@*/

if (!pageRequest && typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined')
   pageRequest = new XMLHttpRequest()

if (pageRequest){ //if pageRequest is not false
   pageRequest.open('GET', url, false) //get page synchronously 
   pageRequest.send(null)
   return pageRequest.responseText;
   }
}