Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Brian Dinsmore
so the only question i have about sending the NULL byte is how the Ajax.Request knows that it shouldnt enter the onComplete function when it receives the NULL byte... how do you make sure that it still waits for the processing servlet to respond to it?  On 6/29/06, Michael Peters <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Michael Peters
Brian Dinsmore wrote: > so i forgot one detail... while the "cancel-able" process is running, > the user can navigate around and do whatever else they want, except > kicking off an additional "cancel-able" process. thus, since they could > be kicking off various other servlets, i dont want to st

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Brian Dinsmore
so i forgot one detail... while the "cancel-able" process is running, the user can navigate around and do whatever else they want, except kicking off an additional "cancel-able" process.  thus, since they could be kicking off various other servlets, i dont want to stop any of that processing.  the

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Michael Peters
Brian Dinsmore wrote: > my issue is that the process on the server normally > completes by writing the results of it processing to the user's session > which is ultimately used to drive what is seen on the page when they hit > our custom "refresh" button... It doesn't matter that the you put the

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Brian Dinsmore
alrighty, that totally makes sense that the client cant really kill a server process... my issue is that the process on the server normally completes by writing the results of it processing to the user's session which is ultimately used to drive what is seen on the page when they hit our custom "re

Re: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Michael Peters
Brian Dinsmore wrote: > im using an Ajax.Request to hit a java servlet and do some processing. > during this time, if the user feels the process is taking too long, > he/she can hit a cancel button to kill the request...by calling the > * abort* function off of the transport, will that kill t

RE: [Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Sam
Title: Message im using an Ajax.Request to hit a java servlet and do some processing. during this time, if the user feels the process is taking too long, he/she can hit a cancel button to kill the request...    by calling the  abort function off of the transport, will that kill the processin

[Rails-spinoffs] Ajax.Request abort question

2006-06-29 Thread Brian Dinsmore
im using an Ajax.Request to hit a java servlet and do some processing. during this time, if the user feels the process is taking too long, he/she can hit a cancel button to kill the request...    by calling the abort function off of the transport, will that kill the processing that my server is do