Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:43 PM, bruce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > what did a google search on php/ajax progress bar return? > > peace > Once I know kind of what to search for (thanks for that) I found some very interesting things. In particular I like: http://www.bram.us/projects/js_bramu

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Nick Stinemates
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 09:43:07AM -0700, bruce wrote: > hi.. > > if you have an action that the server is performing, and the action is going > to take some amount of time, then you're going to need to provide some form > of "progress" bar, that's a function of jscript/ajax on the client side...

RE: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread bruce
ked/polled the server to determine the overall status of the "action" as it's being performed. what did a google search on php/ajax progress bar return? peace -Original Message- From: Nick Stinemates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 9:35 AM To: php-genera

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Eric Butera
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 12:34 PM, Nick Stinemates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:54:36AM -0400, Jason Pruim wrote: > Try this out: > > > while (true) { > print "x"; > } Jason, Call ob_flush() and then this example and see what happens. -- PHP General Maili

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Nick Stinemates
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:54:36AM -0400, Jason Pruim wrote: > >> So if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really appreciate >> it. > > Hi Steve, > > From my understanding of how PHP works and from reading the archives of > this list, and asking quite a few questions my self.. You c

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Eric Butera
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:56 AM, Steve Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm pretty far along in this project and the > idea is that the software install happens on demand. What we are trying to > do is get the student/faculty population (tens of thousands of users

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:39 AM, Eric Butera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Steve Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a while > on > > the list, but now I need a pointer or two. > > I have an applic

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Eric Butera
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:31 AM, Steve Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If there are any canned ajax solutions, I'd like to hear about them. http://developer.yahoo.com/yui/connection/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Eric Butera
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 10:42 AM, Steve Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a while on > the list, but now I need a pointer or two. > I have an application which has one function that does a lengthy process > (installing a piece of s

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
Thanks (to both). Ajax is yet another thing I don't know anything about. :-). Time to do some studyin' up I guess.If there are any canned ajax solutions, I'd like to hear about them. Steve. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM, James Dempster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As a suggestion you could s

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread James Dempster
As a suggestion you could store a progress of the function in the session and make regular calls via ajax back to the server for the progress. -- /James On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Steve Holmes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a whi

Re: [PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Jason Pruim
On Apr 18, 2008, at 10:42 AM, Steve Holmes wrote: Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a while on the list, but now I need a pointer or two. I have an application which has one function that does a lengthy process (installing a piece of software) and I don't want th

[PHP] need "pop-up" in progress alert

2008-04-18 Thread Steve Holmes
Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a while on the list, but now I need a pointer or two. I have an application which has one function that does a lengthy process (installing a piece of software) and I don't want the user to panic thinking nothing is going on. So I want t