The outer function finishes before $.post(..)

[akrashdi]

Hi,

Based on the result of $.post(..) I wanna see if I have to return false. But the outer function finishes first and result from $.post(..) comes later.

How do I avoid that.

	$('.editable').inlineEdit({
		save: function( event, hash ) {
			$("#message").html(ajax_load);
			var loadUrl = "parts/document_add_remove.php";

			var truefalse = "true";
			var message = "";
			
			$.post(
				loadUrl,
				{type: "update", id: this.id, val: hash.value},  
				function(responseText){
					
					if (responseText.indexOf('exists') > -1) {
						$person.focus();
						$("#message").html("");
						message = "Value already exists!";
						truefalse = "false";

					} else if (responseText.indexOf('invalid') > -1) {
						alert("Invalid value!");
						$("#message").html("");
					} else {
						$("#message").html("");
					}


				},  
				"html"  
			);

			alert(truefalse); // always shows 'true', the 'false' value comes later from $.post()
			if (truefalse == "false") {
				return false;
			}

		}
	});