Right, the analysts are hot on the fancy spinner. Thanks for the pointer, I'll give it a try.
-a On 22 April 2010 11:47, Richard Hauswald <richard.hausw...@googlemail.com>wrote: > If you want a fency loading spinner while pdf is loading overlay > another modal box with the proper html code when the iframe starts > loading. This link should provide you the details of the event > handling stuff for non html content: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30005/how-do-i-fire-an-event-when-a-iframe-has-finished-loading-in-jquery > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:43 PM, Richard Hauswald > <richard.hausw...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > Why not use a modal box? > > > http://www.1011web.com/blog/post/2009/04/23/Using-jQuery-and-FancyBox-to-show-PDF-documents.aspx > > > > On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 5:07 PM, Seth Duda <sethd...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I've run into the same issue myself - I have yet to implement any > changes, > >> but I was planning on building a process similar to this: > >> > >> I'd like to know if anyone else has any other ideas. > >> > >> 1) The user requests the PDF. > >> 2) The request spawns off a new process to generate the PDF and saves it > to > >> a temporary folder ( or saves it into a database ). Another option would > be > >> to have the current request save a database record to some sort of > "pending" > >> report table. Then, a separate back end process would poll the table for > >> reports to generate and save them off to a temp directory or table. > >> 2a) In the meantime, the request immediately forwards the user a page > which > >> presents a "loading" screen. Using javascript the loading page would > query > >> the server every 5-10 seconds to see if the PDF has been generated. > >> 3) Once the loading page has determined that the PDF has been generated, > it > >> is sent to the user. > >> > >> This could be extended to allow the user to navigate away from the > loading > >> page. A separate page which presents a list of reports and their current > >> status could be built. > >> > >> Seth > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Aaron Stromas <passog...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >>> > >>> Hello, > >>> > >>> I realise this is not Stripes question, really. I'm posting to this > list > >>> in hope that someone might have faced a similar situation and was able > to > >>> find a decent solution. So, here goes... > >>> > >>> I am using the StreamingResolution to fetch a PDF. Unfortunately, the > PDF > >>> is generated on the fly and can take seriously long time. I'd like to > pop up > >>> one of those javascript busy-wait windows, which would be taken down by > the > >>> page that loads if I were able to hook the onload event on that page. > >>> Unfortunately, with the StreamingResolution I can't do that. The > problem > >>> needs to be tackled differently. Any suggestions? TIA > >>> > >>> -a > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Aaron Stromas > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Stripes-users mailing list > >>> Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > >>> > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Stripes-users mailing list > >> Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard Hauswald > > Blog: http://tnfstacc.blogspot.com/ > > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardhauswald > > Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Richard_Hauswald > > > > > > -- > Richard Hauswald > Blog: http://tnfstacc.blogspot.com/ > LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/richardhauswald > Xing: http://www.xing.com/profile/Richard_Hauswald > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Stripes-users mailing list > Stripes-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/stripes-users > -- Aaron Stromas
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