[Javascript] [OT ]popup window close

[Roger Roelofs]

Paul,

On May 13, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Paul McGuire wrote:

> Its actually reporting on a database... so the query is expected to 
> take a
> while. I just need a courtesy message so people dont think its crashed.

I've run into this more than once.  The best solution I've come up with 
is to add an empty div near the submit button.  Then onSubmit, add some 
text or an animated gif to the div to appease the users.

Keep in mind that some broswers have shorter default timeout values, so 
if this is not an internal app, you may have some users whose browsers 
give up before the query is done.


Roger
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