function makeRequest() {
		//alert("sdfsfsfsfsfsf sfsf");
        var httpRequest;

        if (window.XMLHttpRequest) { // Mozilla, Safari, ...
            httpRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
            if (httpRequest.overrideMimeType) {
                httpRequest.overrideMimeType('text/xml');
                // See note below about this line
            }

		    try{
		    	netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalBrowserRead");
		   	}catch (e){
		    	//alert("Permission UniversalBrowserRead denied.");
		   	}
        } 
        if (window.ActiveXObject) { // IE
            try {
                	httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
                } 
                catch (e) {
                           try {
                                httpRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
                               } 
                             catch (e) {}
                          }
        }

        if (!httpRequest) {
            alert('Giving up :( Cannot create an XMLHTTP instance');
            return false;
        }
/*       
        httpRequest.onreadystatechange = function() { alertContentsCUA(httpRequest); };
        try {
                                	httpRequest.open('GET', url, true);
                               } 
                             catch (e) {  alert (e);}

        httpRequest.send('');
*/
	return httpRequest        

}