david wrote:
> Hi Bill,
>
> Isn't it just an Ajax.Request that you need, because the periodical
> executer is used 'generally' without the need of a user click. I mean,
> in your exemple, it's like you start at the begginning the periodical
> updater, and after it reload every time there is new message the
> target DIV.
>
> But in your case, it seems that the call is done only once on a uxer
> click. So just use AJAX.Request, and on click launch it. The only
> think you will do is to manually update the div with the result of the
> AJAX call.
>
>
no, actually I want the div to be loaded when the user clicks, and
reloaded every minute it is visible.
> --
> david
>
> On 15 nov, 15:36, bill <will...@techservsys.com> wrote:
>
>> When the user clicks a link it executes this function:
>> function fPendingMail() { //set the mail div to show
>> document.getElementById ("maildiv").style.display = "block";
>> new Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater('maildiv', 'mail/pending_mail.php',
>> {
>> method: 'get',
>> frequency: 60,
>> decay: 1
>> });
>> return false; //inhibit the href
>>
>> }
>>
>> and the maildiv appears and loads a list of pending mail messages and
>> all is good.
>>
>> When they are done the script executes
>> document.getElementById ("maildiv").style.display = "none";
>>
>> I know the div is still updating and I don't need it to so:
>> 1) how do I stop the periodicalUpdater.
>> 2) should I be de-instanting (whatver the correct verb is) the object
>> so that when the user clicks the link again it will not just keep
>> creating more instances of the Ajax.PeriodicalUpdater ?
>>
>> bill
>>
>> --
>> Bill Drescher
>> william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
>>
> >
>
>
--
Bill Drescher
william {at} TechServSys {dot} com
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