E' definita nello stesso file in questa maniera:

codice:
function CreateXmlHttpReq2(handler) {
var xmlhttp = null;
try {
xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
} catch(e) {
try {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
} catch(e) {
xmlhttp = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
}
xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = handler;
return xmlhttp;
}