I think the solution here as has been mentinoed is to do a page that refreshes to itself (meta refresh) and checks a) the existence of the file, and b) the size of the file
if the size is bigger than 0, then stop the refresh and show a lovely "Ping! Cooked!" message (sound is optional) MD On Thu, 27 Jan 2005 13:11:02 -0500, Jeff Waris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mark, > > That's exactly what it does, Creates the 0 byte file, processes and then > dumps the full contents to a file.. NO in between. So yeah, what I am > looking for is a "Still Doing" bar. > > Jeff > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mark Drew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2005 12:41 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Has anyone done anything like this? File manipulation. > > > > > > Does the file increase tho? most of these functions create the file > > (0bytes) as the handle, then do the processing in memory and > > when finished dump the result into a file and close the file handle. > > > > so you will have from 0 to hero but no inbetween > > > > Is this what you would use? not a progress bar but a "still > > doing" bar? > > > > MD > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191989 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
