Blank Page whilst new page loads

[Steve101]

Hi,

When I load a new page on my web site, the contents of the existing page are removed (i.e. a blank screen is displayed) whilst the new page is 'fetched' and loaded. This can mean that the user ends up starting at a blank page) until the new page is rendered.

Is there a way in IIS/DotNet2/IE7, where the contents of the existing page can be retained whilst the new page is being retrieved, so that the user is not faced with a blank screen during this period.

TIA,



Steve Lewy
Solutions Developer
SimplyData
simplydata.com.au
(dont cut corners or you'll go round in circles)

 

[ca8msm]

Yes, there are multiple methods of doing this (well, sort of as it won't "retain" the original page but you can display a "loading" message). Some of the ones I can think of are:

1) Display an animated graphic on an intermediate page and then redirect the user to the real page (this should show the graphic until something is returned from the next page)
2) Use CSS to display a message on the page and then hide it with javascript once the page loads


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