Re: The old 'please wait' issue

[Eddie Bush]

You've got a template somewhere that dictates the layout for your pages, 
right?  So, what's to keep you from having a template -- exactly like that 
one -- with a meta refresh tag in the head?  Hrm ... that might be too easy 
though.  You might even see some reuse out of it if you have other time you 
wish to do this same thing.

Regards,
Eddie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "andy wix" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:29 AM
Subject: The old 'please wait' issue


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 

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