var language = ""; var getlanguage = function() { var language_array; $.ajax({ url: '/web/cgi-bin/languageinfo.cgi', type: 'GET', dataType: 'XML', async:false, success: function(xml) { if($.browser.msie) { var xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); xmlDoc.loadXML(xml); xml = xmlDoc; } language_array = $('topframe', xml).find('languageinfo').text(); language = language_array; } }); } var pp = new getlanguage(); function showText(number) { return eval(language+'['+number+']'); }