From 83760c26a7b0eeedd6c99ecd65615deb65411bb2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Erik Bryn <erik.bryn@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2011 14:33:53 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix AJAX in IE6/7

---
 lib/spade.js | 16 +++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/spade.js b/lib/spade.js
index 355e073..d283cef 100644
--- a/lib/spade.js
+++ b/lib/spade.js
@@ -500,8 +500,13 @@ var spade ;
   };
 
   Sp.runCommand = function(command, args, callerId, pkg){
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest(),
-        url = "_spade/command",
+    var xhr;
+    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
+      xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    } else { // IE
+      xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
+    }
+    var url = "_spade/command",
         params = [];
 
     args.command = command;
@@ -565,7 +570,12 @@ var spade ;
   function syncLoad(spade, id, url, format, force) {
     if (force) { url = url+'?'+(+ new Date()); }
 
-    var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    if (window.XMLHttpRequest) {
+      xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    } else { // IE
+      xhr = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
+    }
+
     xhr.open('GET', url, false);
     try {
       xhr.send(null);