<HTML><BODY STYLE="font:10pt verdana; border:none;"><DIV>Well, if you managed to turn and keep the cursor busy, all the time during the data retrieval and turn it back to default same time the data are completely in the page, than I don't have to look at you're script code for further assistance. (I've asked this because I remember you've mentioned some timer earlier in you're posts).</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Anyway, Best Regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Bekim</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message -----</DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt Arial; COLOR: black"><B>From:</B> Andrew Gibson</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, June 28, 2001 1:51 PM</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>To:</B> javascript@LaTech.edu</DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Javascript] Remote Scripting</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~`<BR>document.body.style.cursor='wait'<BR>document.body.style.cursor='default'<BR>The main problem remains, in how to get the cursor back to default after the<BR>data read is completed. You have to find the way to keep track of the data<BR>complete, so you know when to switch to default.<BR>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<BR>Thanks, that made it a lot easier using the body tag.<BR><BR>Well, with the remote scripting, it grabs the data from the server and<BR>writes to a <div> on the page, so when it's finished writing, thats when you<BR>turn back the cursor.<BR><BR>// remote scripting functions<BR>runitgo()<BR>// turn back cursor<BR>document.body.style.cursor='default' ;<BR><BR>>P.S. I'd like to see some of you're code<BR><BR>Which code? most is on the site below if you do a view source. I think<BR>setting up for remote scripting a pain in the neck. But as for the database<BR>connection I found that I couldn't return a recordset or an array, so had to<BR>put the recordset into a string and parse it into a table in the <div> that<BR>way.<BR><BR>Cheers<BR>Andrew Gibson<BR><BR>DHTML and ASP<BR>http://zap6055s8.strauss.2day.com/default.asp<BR><BR><BR>-----Original Message-----<BR>From: javascript-admin@LaTech.edu [mailto:javascript-admin@LaTech.edu]On<BR>Behalf Of BEKIM BACAJ<BR>Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2001 10:57 PM<BR>To: javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>Subject: Re: [Javascript] Remote Scripting<BR><BR><BR>It is working on my browser, IE 5.5 but I know it works in IE5.0 also, even<BR>if it's not defined in CSS at all.<BR>But why are you using document.all type of thing. It calls all the document<BR>objects and counts them, than it finds the referenced object and at the end<BR>it calls the specified object for handle. It slows down you're script<BR>functions, depending on the size and the number of you're document objects a<BR>lot.<BR>It would be nice to have the cursor wait displayed everywhere in the page<BR>during the dataB data download. It would also be preferable to disable all<BR>the links and other functions in the page during this data travel, but also<BR>ESC button function to cancel data reading by client at any time.<BR><BR>document.body.style.cursor='wait'<BR>document.body.style.cursor='default'<BR><BR>would be more lighter, or in case you like to have the cursor wait state<BR>only over the element that retrieves data access it directly by its ID:<BR>theobject.style.cursor=...<BR><BR>The main problem remains, in how to get the cursor back to default after the<BR>data read is completed. You have to find the way to keep track of the data<BR>complete, so you know when to switch to default.<BR><BR>Regards<BR>P.S. I'd like to see some of you're code<BR><BR>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : http://explorer.msn.com<BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Javascript mailing list<BR>Javascript@LaTech.edu<BR>http://www.LaTech.edu/mailman/listinfo/javascript<BR></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML><br clear=all><hr>Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : <a href='http://explorer.msn.com'>http://explorer.msn.com</a><br></p>