put it in a frame. have the top say waiting or background color change or image ; have the bottom process your form. In your bottomm have onload kill the top.
On Wed, 19 Dec 2001, WebMaster wrote: > I have a form that allows users to select from several options, then see > reports based on their selections. Some of these reports can take several > minutes to generate, so I'd like to put an interim page with a "Processin g" > message (perhaps an animated GIF) just to make them feel like something i s > happening and to prevent them from clicking on the submit button again. > > I'm currently submitting to a page which uses <cflist> to parse > #form.formfields#, builds a new form with all of the original fields as > hidden variables, and then submits the form automatically using > > <body onLoad="document.myForm.submit();">. > > This seems to work, but I'm wondering if there is a better way to do it. > > Anybody else doing something similar? > > Thanks, > > Mike > ______________________________________________________________________ Get Your Own Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation � $99/Month � Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusionb FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
