New Post: How to Access a Web Service?

I'm trying to access a web service from my JavaScript code. I tried to use the AJAX capability of jQuery but ClearScript was not able to load the jQuery library. I got the error "defaultView is not a property of undefined". It seems that jQuery is expecting to be hosted in a web page. I'm using it to allow customization of a desktop application. Is there another way to access a web service that is compatible with ClearScript?

Thanks,
Neil