Ammon, Not as pretty as you might want but you can use the html meta tag to refresh the page
. browser sends request to CGI script ... say script is %long-running-thing.r . %long-running-thing.r sends page to browser with message about process in progress . this page includes <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10;URL=http://your.domain/monitor.r";> . %long-running-thing.r script sets semaphore to indicate process not done . %long-running-thing.r starts its work . after 10 seconds, the browser refresh sends a request to your %monitor.r to see if anything has finished . %monitor.r checks the semaphore . if done, then %monitor. r sends the final results to the browser . if not done, then %monitor.r returns the same (or another) in progress message to the browser . this refreshed page has to have a meta tag in it to refresh as the original message did . long-running-thing.r runs in background . when finished, it stores the results where they can be picked up by monitor.r and sent to the browser . when finished, it resets the semaphore to indicate that the process is done . for the semaphores, it can be whatever you need but writing a file named with the unique key to distinguish separate users seems to work . you can pass the key back on the url for the refresh e.g. <META HTTP-EQUIV="Refresh" CONTENT="10;URL=http://your.domain/monitor.r?key=123456789";> And, of course, the semaphore file can be the result file if %long-running.thing.r is written that way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ammon Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, April 24, 2002 6:21 AM Subject: [REBOL] New Document (CGI) > Hi, > > I am playing with some CGI.... I have a time consuming script that happens > in the background & I want to let the user know something is happening, but > when it is done I want to send the user a fresh page & get rid of the > notification stuff. Has anyone here done anything similar? -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
