there will be a flush tag in CF5 that will allow you to do that...
what you will have to do then is use JS to open a new window with the
indicator and then close it once the search is complete
Terry Bader
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 11:38 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Order of Display/Page Rendering Question
>
>
> I have a page that was originally ASP that I've converted
> over to CF. This
> was a "Find a Rep near you" type search that has a huge
> database behind it
> (eight different countries) - so the search could take up to 10 or 15
> seconds.
>
> On the ASP version, so the user wouldn't get too bored during
> the process,
> I placed a small "Progress Indicator" animated gif on the page that
> displayed until the search results came up.
>
> On the CF page, I've got my chuck of HTML code with the
> "Progress Gif" FIRST
> on the page, before any of the CF code that searches the database and
> displays the results. However, the CF pages refuses to
> display the page at
> all until the search is complete, leaving you enough time to
> go refresh your
> cup of coffee after you click "Submit" on the "Find Your Rep"
> form on the
> initial search page.
>
> So, Cold Fusion doesn't display a page "top down"? Any way to
> get the search
> to run in the background so you can still stare at the
> "Progress Gif" while
> you wait on the results to come up?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Les Mizzell
> ****************
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>
>
>
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