Hello Mike, it worked. thank you very much.
Michael On Nov 8, 7:30 pm, Mike Alsup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am very new to jquery, so please excuse my maybe newbie question :) > > I have a following problem: > > when I call blockUI and execute JS afterwards, the blockUI shows after > > the JS finished executing. > > When I put alert after calling blockUI, it shows right after alert > > pops up. I suppose, that without the alert the IE is too busy > > executing JS and therefore does not show the blockUI. The question is, > > how can I give blockUI time to show before rest of JS is executed. > > Use a timeout for that. Something like this: > > $.blockUI(); > setTimeout(function() { > // do other stuff > ... > > $.unblockUI(); > > }, 100);