[Javascript] A Temporary Alert?

[Nick Baker]

Peter,

The link for downloading the zip doesn't appear to be working.

http://authors.aspalliance.com/peterbrunone/samples/pleasewait.zip

Nick


At 10:07 AM 12/24/2007, you wrote:
> > You see, I have a database access that can take up to five seconds
> > after the user clicks "Submit" and during that time I would like to
> > tell the user to wait (instead of clicking things widely and throwing
> > a tantrum) -- which is what I do when I don't know what's happening.
>
>
>Oh, you mean something like this:
>
><http://authors.aspalliance.com/peterbrunone/pleasewait.asp>http://authors.aspalliance.com/peterbrunone/pleasewait.asp
>
>It's a bit antiquated, but you get the general idea.
>
>Peter
>
>
>----------
>From: tedd <mailto:tedd.sperling at gmail.com>tedd.sperling at gmail.com
>
>At 6:58 AM -0700 12/23/07, David Lovering wrote:
> >This is hardly the most elegant solution, but it works on most browser
> >platforms I've dealt with.
> >
> >In the HTML body declaration of your dialog, create an 'onload' event
> >handler of the following sort:
> >
> >onload = "setTimeout( 'window.this.close()', 5000)";
> >
> >This is dirt simple, and no doubt will call down the wrath of the Javascript
> >gurus with much more refined (and less fragile) solutions.
> >
> >While you can reference an alert as a window and play the same games, it is
> >often hard (and somewhat browser dependent) to do so; I prefer to create a
> >child window and use it instead of a generic alert. With a little
> >imagination, you can manipulate the window parameters so that the user is
> >completely unaware that he is not talking directly to an alert - but you
> >have the window id and name under your full control. It also is less
> >complicated to reference the portion of the code in order to insert
> >the onload handler.
> >
> >-- Dave Lovering
>
>
>Thanks Dave -- I'll look into that.
>
>It really doesn't have to be an Alert -- it could be a window.
>
>You see, I have a database access that can take up to five seconds
>after the user clicks "Submit" and during that time I would like to
>tell the user to wait (instead of clicking things widely and throwing
>a tantrum) -- which is what I do when I don't know what's happening.
>
>I'm actually surprised that such a critter isn't a staple for
>programming GUI stuff.
>
>Cheers,
>
>tedd
>
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "tedd"
> >> Hi gang:
> >>
> >> I've looked, but can not find a temporary Alert.
> >>
> >> What I mean is:
> >>
> >> "Hi, this is a temporary Alert box and I will automatically close in
> >> 5 seconds."
> >>
> >> An Alert that will notify the user of something, but will NOT require
> >> the user to respond to go away. But instead, will close on its own
> >> after a set time.
> >>
> >> It sounds simple enough, but I couldn't find nor generate one. Can
> >> this be done?
> >>
> >> Thanks in advance for any references or code.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> tedd
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