> BlockUI doesn't want to load correctly in IE. The JQuery routine I'm
> running contains an Ajax call that takes a while. I call .blockUI
> before calling a synchronous Ajax call and .unblockUI afterwards. It
> works as expected in FF but in IE (both 6 and 7) the screen freezes
> until the Ajax call completes then shows the BlockUI message for a
> brief second.
>
> I'm using JQuery 1.2.6 and BlockUI 2.0
>
> Here is the basic gist of my code
>
> $.blockUI({message: '<b>Compiling data for your report</b><br/>...please
> wait.'});
>
> $.ajax({type: "POST", url: "sample.htm", async: false});
> $.unblockUI();
>
> As I mentioned the Ajax call can take upwards of 15 seconds. I've
> tried the following to no avail:
> - I set the block/unblock call in ajaxStart and ajaxStop
> - I changed the page header from transitional to strict
> - I used setTimeout to try to stall the Ajax call (thinking the
> browser animation just needed time to load)
> - I set a delay on "sample.htm" to ensure it would load nothing for 5
> seconds
>
> Help!
Don't use synchronous I/O. That's the whole point of blockUI, to
display a message instead of locking the browser.
