> -----Original Message----- > From: Andrew Close [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 1:20 PM > To: Struts > Subject: Processing, Please Wait... > > > i'm being told that some of our users are getting confused while > waiting for a page to finish processing, and they inadvertantly try to > perform another action before the page has loaded. the solution i've > been asked to implement is an intermediary page the just says: > 'Processing, Please Wait...".
I would suggest a smarter group users.. however this thing is a fairly common topic, with several solutions... check the archives..... > for example, page 1 has a select list containing shape objects. upon > selecting the shape you want an action fetches and populates colors, > another select list on the page. the problem is that the users are > selecting the shape and then immediately attempting to select a color, > which hasn't been populated yet. > i've attempted to disable the editable items on the page using > stylesheets while the page is loading, but often that causes problems > since the disabled fields aren't populated then. > > is there a way to call an action that displays a separate page while > data is being loaded on the target page and then load the target page > once the data has been retrieved? > i'm guessing no due to the way the HTTP request/response loop > functions... > any suggestions on how to implement something like this? would Tiles > allow me to interject a temporary Tile that has the processing message > displayed while the data is being fetched and layed out? > > thanks > andy > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
