Pop-Up - Please Wait While Page Loads

jalbao · Mar 7, 2001

in my application, i have a form (on page1.htm) that when the user clicks a submit button, a new page is called (page2.htm). On page2.htm there is a bunch of stuff going on on the server side which causes the page2.htm to load relatively slow. I would like to have a page3.htm pop-up after the user clicks the page1.htm submit button that lets the user know that he will have to wait about a minute. Then when page2.htm is finished loading, i would like page3.htm close automatically...

is this possible, and if so, how?

TIA
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GIGN · Mar 7, 2001

You could just have an absolutely positioned 'layer' if you like with the message - then hide it onLoad.
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jaredn · Mar 7, 2001

something like this should work (but I haven't tested it):

in page1:

window.open("page3.htm","mywin&quot

in page2:
<body onload="closeWin()">
<script>
function closeWin()
{
x=window.open("","mywin&quot

x.close()
}
</script>
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Cochese · Mar 8, 2001

here's how to do it without popups
in page1.htm in the <form> tag add

onSubmit="document.write('<html><center><br><br><font face=arial><b>Processing...<br><br>Please Wait<br><br></b><img src=images/animated_bar.gif><br>(process may take a few minutes)</font></html>')"

or try something like this in page3.htm if you want popups...
<body onLoad="location.href='page2.htm'">

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