Yes. Obviously not well tested. But the concept should still be valid. Just be certain to test your app better than they did!
----- Original Message ----- From: "Leonidas Papadakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 8:23 AM Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] How do i build a wait page in webwork? Please help > Unfortunatelly the below site runs only in microsoft's internet explorer > while i would like mozilla compatibility. Is there a way to build the > wait page without session? > > Thanks > > John Patterson wrote: > > >Check out how the flight booking engines like www.opodo.com do it. When the > >form is submitted they display a Layer (ie make it "visible") which contains > >the "Please wait" message. When the next page eventually loads this is > >naturally replaced. > > > >If you want to do it without DHTML, some of the older sites used to load a > >waiting page that would "refresh" itself every 5 seconds or so, each time > >checking if the sever action had completed. > > > >Or, as has also been suggested, you could submit your form to a hidden frame > >(or an iframe) and when your action is complete the view will return some > >Javascript that will make the main frame redirect to the display page. This > >will require results of your action to be stored in the Session. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Leonidas Papadakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 8:39 PM > >Subject: [OS-webwork] How do i build a wait page in webwork? Please help > > > > > > > > > >>Hi there, > >> > >>I was wondering how could i display a message to the user while getting > >>values from the database. I.e. the user clicks on the GetUsers submit > >>button that calls the Users.action .I would like at that point to > >>display the "please wait" message until the Users.action returns > >>somekind of response.For the record I am using velocity. > >> > >>I really appreciate any info. > >> > >>Thanks a lot > >>sygram > >> > >> > >> > >>------------------------------------------------------- > >>This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >>Welcome to geek heaven. > >>http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >>_______________________________________________ > >>Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------- > >This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > >Welcome to geek heaven. > >http://thinkgeek.com/sf > >_______________________________________________ > >Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > _______________________________________________ > Opensymphony-webwork mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork > ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf _______________________________________________ Opensymphony-webwork mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensymphony-webwork
