function getRequest(){
	var req=null;
			try{
				req=new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
			}catch(e){
				try{
					req=new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP"); 
				}catch(e){
					req=null;
				};
			};
			if (req==null && typeof XMLHttpRequest!='undefined') {
	  			req = new XMLHttpRequest();
			};
			return req;
};

if( document.implementation.hasFeature("XPath", "3.0") )
{
	XMLDocument.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString, xNode)
	{
		if( !xNode ) { xNode = this; } ;

		var oNSResolver = this.createNSResolver(this.documentElement)
		var aItems = this.evaluate(cXPathString, xNode, oNSResolver, XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null)
		var aResult = [];
		for( var i = 0; i < aItems.snapshotLength; i++)
		{
			aResult[i] =  aItems.snapshotItem(i);
		};
		
		return aResult;
	};
	XMLDocument.prototype.selectSingleNode = function(cXPathString, xNode)
	{
		if( !xNode ) { xNode = this; } 

		var xItems = this.selectNodes(cXPathString, xNode);
		if( xItems.length > 0 )
		{
			return xItems[0];
		}
		else
		{
			return null;
		};
	};

	Element.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString)
	{
		if(this.ownerDocument.selectNodes)
		{
			return this.ownerDocument.selectNodes(cXPathString, this);
		}
		else{throw "For XML Elements Only";}
	};

	Element.prototype.selectSingleNode = function(cXPathString)
	{	
		if(this.ownerDocument.selectSingleNode)
		{
			return this.ownerDocument.selectSingleNode(cXPathString, this);
		}
		else{throw "For XML Elements Only";}
	};
};