In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Randal L. Schwartz) writes: >>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Lomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >Martin> I'm writing a simple file upload script. I have all the form >Martin> and file handling stuff done. I want the script to write an >Martin> HTML message to the user browser before the upload begins, you >Martin> know, like "Upload in progress". Then when the upload >Martin> completes, I want to replace that screen with "Upload >Martin> complete". > >This is not a Perl question. This is a web question, because the >answer doesn't depend on the technology. > >In short, what you are trying to do is not possible without some >browser-side scripting (Java, JavaScript, etc), and thus is not >portable or usable on the *world* wide web. > >Without relying on non-portable code, at best, you can respond to the >form-submission that is carrying the file-upload field with an HTML >response page that says "Upload complete". That's it.
Um, there are some more complicated solutions that are server-side and sample Perl implementations as well. I believe you can find them documented at http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/LinuxMag/col39.html http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html :-) -- Peter Scott http://www.perldebugged.com -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]