It's common to see "please wait" messages that look different from the rest of the app. You may be able to get away with using a totally different page/layout for this page. If not, you can consider using javascript to do the automatic submission.
On Wed, 13 Oct 2004 15:29:31 +0000, andy wix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying to implement a 'please wait' page and have seen the stuff in the > archives. > The method of choice seems to be: > > * The Action that is currently doing the work should instead fire off a > background thread to do it. It then forwards to a "Please Wait" page. > > * The background thread does its work then sets a flag in the user's session > when it's done. > > * The "Please Wait" uses a meta-refresh tag to automatically submit itself > every few seconds, with the destination being a "Done Yet" action. > > * The "Done Yet" action will consult the flag variable in the user's > session. > If its not there, forward back to the "Please Wait" page again. If it's > done, forward to the view from the original action. > > The problem is that I am using Tiles and so cannot have (as far as I know) a > meta-refresh tag as this should go in the head of the document. Likewise I > can't use on-load javascipt as I don't have a body tag. > > Thanks, > Andy > > _________________________________________________________________ > It's fast, it's easy and it's free. Get MSN Messenger today! > http://www.msn.co.uk/messenger > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
