function makeRequest(url) {        
    
    try {
            var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
        } catch (e) {
            var MSXML_XMLHTTP_PROGIDS = new Array(
                'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.5.0',
                'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.4.0',
                'MSXML2.XMLHTTP.3.0',
                'MSXML2.XMLHTTP',
                'Microsoft.XMLHTTP'
            );

            var xmlhttp = null;
            var success = false;
            for (var i=0;i < MSXML_XMLHTTP_PROGIDS.length && !success; i++) {
                try {
                    xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject(MSXML_XMLHTTP_PROGIDS[i]);
                    success = true;
                } catch (e) {}
            }
        }
       
        xmlhttp.open('GET',url,true);
		
        xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
            if ( xmlhttp.readyState == 4 ) {
                acceptResponse(xmlhttp);               
            }
        }

        // xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Accept-Charset','UTF-8');
        // xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Accept-Language','en-us');
        // xmlhttp.setRequestHeader('Connection','Close');
        
        xmlhttp.send(null);
    }