[Javascript] Onload and onunload spinner
Terry Riegel
riegel at clearimageonline.com
Fri Jan 5 13:10:41 CST 2007
Wow, that seems like a lot of work, but it does sound like a cool idea.
I did fimally get it to work by placing the onload in the actual
frames page instead of on the monitoring page
Terry
On Jan 5, 2007, at 1:37 PM, Aaron Bassett wrote:
> Could you attach a random query string variable to the end of the
> links?
> So even if it is the same page it will change the src like have 2
> links to the same page but with a random variable such as
>
> mypage.php?rnd=3r09fj340f
> mypage.php?rnd=sdfojh30sd
>
> or are these links within the frame which you have no control over?
>
> The only other way that comes to mind atm is to use a server side
> proxy. All links actually point at the proxy and pass the correct
> link url in as a param. The proxy does a get on the param page and
> displays it in the frame. That way you could locate the proxy page
> on the same domain so javascript could interact with it and you
> could include additional code in the page to trigger functions in
> the page holding the frame? (long way round for a shortcut I know -
> lol!!)
>
> Aaron
>
> On 1/5/07, Terry Riegel <riegel at clearimageonline.com> wrote:
> Aaron,
>
> Thanks for the idea. I had tried that earlier, the problem is the
> scr attribute doesn't change when the same page is being loaded
> again as is the case in my application.
>
> Terry
>
>
> On Jan 5, 2007, at 12:18 PM, Aaron Bassett wrote:
>
>> When you load a new page into the frame it should change the
>> frames src attribute. You can have a function that checked ever
>> Xsecs to see if the last known and current src are different. If
>> they are start spinner.
>>
>> Then on the load event change the last known to current and stop
>> the spinner.
>>
>> Might be another way of approaching it??
>>
>>
>>
>> On 1/5/07, Terry Riegel <riegel at clearimageonline.com > wrote:
>> Tobias,
>>
>> Thanks for the response, but the problem is I do not know what is
>> going to be displayed in the "listened to" frame and do not have
>> control over its html (it is a filemanager). I do have a similar
>> working solution for the pages I do control.
>>
>> The solution I posted a few minutes ago doesn't care what is in the
>> "listened to" frame, it could be an html page or an image or
>> anything.
>>
>> Basically my solution relies on the onload event as the onunload
>> event doesn't seem to fire for a frameset. So I only have to control
>> when I turn on the spinner. It will always be turned off when the
>> content loads into the page.
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>>
>> Terry Riegel
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 5, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Tobias Parent wrote:
>>
>> > Actually, this may not be as painful as I thought, although it IS
>> > kludgy. Back about nine years ago, I'd done something similar - a
>> > page with four frames, one of which was simply a status list. What
>> > happens is, the frame you want to do the 'listening' (the one to be
>> > affected by the onLoad and onUnLoad), simply listens to a variable
>> > set in the parent frame (the first common parent to both frames).
>> > The frame to be listened to sets the variable as needed, so onLoad
>> > sets it to 'Complete', while onUnload sets it to 'Updating...'.
>> > This is just a concept, no proof to back it. Thought this through
>> > in the shower, and it seems workable. Sort of a modification of the
>> > 'Observer' pattern, somewhat.
>> >
>> > Regards!
>> > -Toby Parent
>> > http://www.tobytheballoonguy.com/
>> >
>> >> Terry Riegel wrote:
>> >>> Well, no use beating a dead horse. I am guessing this problem is
>> >>> not doable? I for one have spent way to much time on it.
>> >>>
>> >>> Thanks,
>> >>>
>> >>> Terry
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> On Jan 4, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Terry Riegel wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>>> It may not be possible, but I am looking for a way to trigger an
>> >>>> event everytime a web connection starts, then another event when
>> >>>> it finishes.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I have a Frames based page like...
>> >>>>
>> >>>> +---------------------------+
>> >>>> |buttons * |
>> >>>> +---------------------------+
>> >>>> |path |
>> >>>> +-------+-------------------+
>> >>>> |browse |details |
>> >>>> | | |
>> >>>> | | |
>> >>>> | | |
>> >>>> +-------+-------------------+
>> >>>>
>> >>>> I am trying to figure out how to have "buttons" monitor activity
>> >>>> on "details" when a page is requested turn on the spinner, when
>> >>>> it is loaded turn off the spinner. Onload and onunload do not
>> >>>> seem to be consistent for this. The content in details is from
>> >>>> the same domain as all of the other pages, but will not be
>> >>>> managed by this, so adding js to this page will not work.
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Any Ideas?
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> Terry
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>>
>> >>>> On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:32 PM, Terry Riegel wrote:
>> >>>>
>> >>>>> This is what I have that fires sometimes.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> top.frames['details'].window.onload=top.frames['browse'].a;
>> >>>>> top.frames['details'].window.onunload=top.frames['browse'].b;
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> My js library loads in the browse frame, and the a function
>> >>>>> turns the spinner off, the b turns it on.
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> Terry
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>> On Jan 3, 2007, at 2:08 PM, Terry Riegel wrote:
>> >>>>>
>> >>>>>> Hello,
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> I have an application that uses frames. I would like to set
>> >>>>>> one frame to monitor what is going on in the other and turn a
>> >>>>>> spinner on when it unloads, and turn it off when it loads. any
>> >>>>>> quick thoughts on how I should proceed.
>> >>>>>>
>> >>>>>> Terry
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