Cool Tip!!!!!
Now this is what I call a newsgroup!!!
All hail Andras!!!!!
-----Original Message-----
From: Andras Balogh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Generating "Searching page" while executing query.
> Hi!
>
>You might consider this option too.
>In this example a "Please processing ..." text will appair in a new window
>(requeries JavaScript) until the main page is being displayed.
>
> 1 step:
> Create a HTML page wich will display 'processing...please wait'
> like this: <html>
> <head></head><body bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
> Processing data.... please wait
> </body></html>
>
> Lets call this html:
> wait.html
> 2 step:
>
> in the page invoking the servlet :
> <form action="..../YourServlet" method="post" >
> add like this:
> <form action="..../YourServlet" method="post"
> onSubmit =
>"window.open('http://somewhere/wait.html','waitwindow','width=400,height=26
5
>,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no');" >
>
> notice the wait.html is the same as the 1 step
> do NOT change waitwindow only the width and height if U want
> 3. step:
>
> The serlvet's response page must send as response:
> PrintWriter toClient=res.getWriter();
>
> ......
> toClient.println("<html>");
> toClient.println("<head>");
> toClient.println("<script language=\"JavaScript\">");
> toClient.println("function closewaitwindow(){");
>
>toClient.println("waitwindow=window.open('','waitwindow','width=400,height=
2
>65,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no');" );
> toClient.println("waitwindow.close();");
> toClient.println("}");
> toClient.println("</script>");
>
> toClient.println("</head>");
> toClient.println("<body onLoad=\"closewaitwindow()\">");
>
> and of course Anything after that.
>
>Notice : this will close the wait window only after the html page is loaded
>completly.
>If u want that that wait window to close as soon as the page is stating to
>be displayed
>instead of above send response :
>
> toClient.println("<html>");
> toClient.println("<head>");
> toClient.println("<script language=\"JavaScript\">");
>
>
>toClient.println("waitwindow=window.open('','waitwindow','width=400,height=
2
>65,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no');" );
> toClient.println("waitwindow.close();");
>
> toClient.println("</script>");
>
> toClient.println("</head>");
> toClient.println("<body >");
>
> ..............
>
>
> That's all !!
>
>I have tried it with both Internet Explorer and Netscape and it works !
>
>Hope it helps,
>
> If something is not working let me know.
>
>Best wishes,
> Andras
>
>
>
>> Hello all,
>>
>> Does anyone out there know how to generate a basic looking html
>> page that can be displayed while my java code does database querying?
>>
>> I've seen some sites that generate a page that just says something
>> like "We are searching for your requested records" while the query is
>> being executed. After execution my results are displayed and the
>> searching page disappears.
>>
>> Any idea how this is done?
>>
>> Jaman
>>
>
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