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On Mon, Jul 5, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Primoz Anzur <[email protected]> wrote: > Sounds like a job for XMLHttpRequest (or AJAX; whichever you prefer...) > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:28 AM, Dave Schaefer <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey list, >> >> Is it possible in web.py to draw a web page, perform some >> computations, and then redraw the same page? Say I have the following >> scenario: >> >> 1. A user logs in for the first time >> 2. Draw a page that says "Hi! Looks like you're new. Please wait while >> we set up your account..." >> 3. Create some database entries and do some computations behind the scenes >> 4. Re-draw the page so it says "Done! Welcome. What's next?", and has >> the main site interface. >> >> >> Is this possible in web.py? I'm trying to do this on the same page >> without redirecting to a 'setup' URL and then back, but I suppose I >> could do the redirects if necessary. I have tried making some calls to >> 'print render.setup()', but this only seems to output the template to >> the console, not to the web page. Is it possible to do this within one >> GET() function? Does this require putting the calculations and re-draw >> on a separate thread? >> >> I am also wondering: does web.py only draw the web page when the GET >> or POST function finally returns? I see in some old mailing list >> discussions people call 'print render.foo()', but this does not appear >> to actually draw to the web page (unless I'm doing something wrong?). >> >> Thanks, let me know. >> Dave >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "web.py" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected] <webpy%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > http://www.wolfhowlmedia.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "web.py" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] <webpy%[email protected]>. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en.
