function checklanguages () {
   var Select = document.getElementById("languages");
   for(var i=0;i < 9;i++){
    if(Select.selectedIndex == i) {
      document.location.href = Select.options[i].value;
    }
   }
}


function setSelectBoxselectedID(URLParam){
  var name = URLParam.replace(/[\[]/,"\\\[").replace(/[\]]/,"\\\]");
  var regexS = "[\\?&]"+name+"=([^&#]*)";
  var regex = new RegExp( regexS );
  var results = regex.exec( window.location.href );
  if( results == null ){
   //alert("no result");
  }
  else{
   //alert("URLParam value ="+results[1]);
   document.getElementById("languages").selectedIndex = results[1];
  }
}