function createRequestObject(){

	var request_o; //declare the variable to hold the object.

	var browser = navigator.appName; //find the browser name

	if(browser == "Microsoft Internet Explorer"){

		/* Create the object using MSIE's method */

		request_o = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");

	}else{

		/* Create the object using other browser's method */

		request_o = new XMLHttpRequest();

	}

	return request_o; //return the object

}



var http = createRequestObject(); 

	http.open("GET","scripts/content.htm", true);

 	http.onreadystatechange = handleHttpResponse;

  	http.send(null);



function handleHttpResponse() {

  if (http.readyState == 4) {

    

    results = http.responseText;

    document.getElementById('content').innerHTML = results;

 	 

  }

}