[ic] Please wait while your request is processed

[Bill Randle]

jojo@blackpoint.de wrote:
> 
> On 15 Mar, Bill Randle wrote:
> [DEL]
> > Another possibility, perhaps (untested):
> 
> I've tested your codes with
> 
>     [mvasp]
>     <%
>             HTML "This will take awhile, please be patient...";
>             $Document->send(); # flush buffer
>             $Document->hot(1); # send stuff as soon as it's written
> 
>             # some perl task that takes awhile
>             # if there are some points in the process you can update the
>             # user status, so much the better. E.g.:
>             # foreach (@some_array) {
>             #   HTML " ."; # show another period as a progress indicator
>             #   some code that processes each item
>             # }
>     $i=0;
>     HTML "<BR>In process ";
> 
>     for ($i = 1; $i <= 30; $i++)
>     {
>     HTML " .";
>     $Document->send();
>     select(undef,undef,undef,1.000);
>     }
>     HTML "<br>All done, thank you for waiting.";
>     %>
>     [/mvasp]
> 
> and I get the whole page after the mvasp is finish (30 seconds) and I
> can't see another period (HTML " .";) during the process. What did I do
> wrong?

I don't know that you're doing anything wrong. After the reply from Mark, I
tested it too and got the same results. I haven't had the time to look
into it any deeper to see why it doesn't work as expected.

	-Bill