JSONP context problem

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Published on 2010-06-16T09:11:36Z Indexed on 2010/06/16 9:12 UTC
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I'm using a javascript autocomplete () in a greasemonkey script. On itself it works correctly but I wan't to add JSONP because I want the data from another domain. The code (snippet):

function autosuggest(url)
{
    this.suggest_url = url;
    this.keywords = [];

    return this.construct();
};

autosuggest.prototype = 
{
    construct: function()
    {   
        return this;
    },

    preSuggest: function()
    {
        this.CreateJSONPRequest(this.suggest_url + "foo");
    },

    CreateJSONPRequest: function(url)
    {
        var headID = document.getElementsByTagName("head")[0];         
        var newScript = document.createElement('script');
        newScript.type = 'text/javascript';
        newScript.src = url +'&callback=autosuggest.prototype.JSONCallback';
        //newScript.async = true;
        newScript.onload = newScript.onreadystatechange = function() {          
            if (newScript.readyState === "loaded" || newScript.readyState === "complete")
            {
                //remove it again
                newScript.onload = newScript.onreadystatechange = null;
                if (newScript && newScript.parentNode) {
                    newScript.parentNode.removeChild(newScript);
                }
            }
        }

        headID.appendChild(newScript);  
    },  

    JSONCallback: function(data)
    {
        if(data)
        {
            this.keywords = data;
            this.suggest();
        }
    },

    suggest: function()
    {
        //use this.keywords
    }
};

//Add suggestion box to textboxes
window.opera.addEventListener('AfterEvent.load', function (e)
{
    var textboxes = document.getElementsByTagName('input');
    for (var i = 0; i < textboxes.length; i++) 
    {
        var tb = textboxes[i];
        if  (tb.type == 'text')
        {       
            if (tb.autocomplete == undefined || 
                tb.autocomplete == '' ||
                tb.autocomplete == 'on')
            {
                //we handle autosuggestion
                tb.setAttribute('autocomplete','off');      
                var obj1 = new autosuggest("http://test.php?q=");               
            }
        }
    }
}, false);

I removed not relevant code. Now when 'preSuggest' is called, it add a script to the header and circumvent the crossdomain problem. Now when the data is received back 'JSONcallback' is called. I can use the data, but when 'Suggest' is I can't use the this.keywords array or this.suggest_url. I think this is because 'JSONcallback' and 'Suggest' are called in a different context.

How can I get this working?

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