alternatively you could use an eventlistener and listen for the create event
of waitlayer.
Something like
var l=new EventListener();
l.oncreate=function(){
makeLayers();
}
waitlayer.AddEventListener(l);
of course then you need to import listeners.js.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jordi -
> IlMaestro - Ministral
> Sent: 12 May 2001 16:37
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Help] How to show loading status
>
>
> While layers are sequentially created, since all your JS is executed, the
> rendering engine does not execute. Jacascript is not
> multithreaded as you would
> think. Actions are enqueued and executed sequentially. That's why
> an infinite
> loop will block all your events and functions from working, the
> JS engine is
> occupied.
>
> The alert you're placing interrups the javascript engine, allowing the
> rendering engine to kick in and draw the 'please wait' while the
> JS is waiting
> for you to accept.
>
> Place your code in a setTimeout
> setTimeout("makeLayers()",0)
>
> this will queue this action after the current function call, allowing the
> rendering to occur before the layers are created.
>
>
> Regarding your other question, add a hidden input field in your form that
> contains a string to be executed.
>
> <form>
> <input type=hidden name=onload
> value="parent.mainframenamegoeshere.functiontobecalled()">
> <textarea>
> Network collapsing bunch of data
> <textarea>
> </form>
>
> Then your CGI can collect that field name and use it to call the
> appropiate
> function. This way you can reuse your CGI in different cases,
> simply chamging
> the function to be called when the transmission is done
>
>
>
> Hershel Robinson wrote:
>
> > I have a page which generates a LOT of layers when it loads. This
> > generation can take over 10 seconds on my 450MHz WinNT machine. I would
> > like to be able to show a "Please wait" window so the user has
> something to
> > look at while waiting. I am having trouble doing this.
> >
> > I tried this:
> >
> > DynAPI.onLoad = function() {
> > waitlayer=new DynLayer(null,410,5,400)
> > waitlayer.setHTML("Please wait.")
> > DynAPI.document.addChild(waitlayer)
> > //alert(1)
> > makeLayers()
> > }
> >
> > function makeLayers() {
> > // make a lot of layers here :)
> > }
> >
> > This code does not work. I don't see the waitlayer until makeLayers is
> > finished 10 seconds later. If I uncomment the alert(1),
> however, then I DO
> > see the waitlayer and the alert box. When I press the OK
> button, I wait 10
> > seconds and then see all the layers.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Hershel
> >
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