Is there a "createObject" in javascript?

In VBScript there is a function called CreateObject, which can be run on a client through a webpage. I've used it before like this:

Set icaObj = CreateObject("Citrix.ICAClient") CitrixVersion = icaObj.ClientVersion 

To find out which version of the application was installed on the client machine.

Is there something comparable in JavaScript?

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Is there something comparable in JavaScript?

Not in JavaScript, but in Microsoft's JScript in limited environments, yes:

var icaObj = new ActiveXObject("Citrix.ICAClient"); 

And just like VBScript, this will only work in a very limited situation: Specificially, something running with Internet Explorer with full permissions (or, of course, in JScript running on the server).