Thomas,
If my project was a "public" internet web page,
I totally agree with you.
But, in this case we are talking about a software with web interface.
We say it will only work with IE 5.5 or newer since this is the
world leading browser today (no more discussions please).
So I will continue to find a solution to display some kind of
"Please Wait" window with only a gif picture on it
(That why I don't need scrollbars on it).
"Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn" <PointedEars@web.de> wrote in message
news:3F99D328.2030708@PointedEars.de...[color=blue]
> GTi wrote:
>[color=green]
> > I have a page located in a frame. This page contains a form.
> > When the user submit this form I want to popup a "Please Wait" window[/color][/color]
popup[color=blue][color=green]
> > window[/color]
>
> You don't want to do this. Popup windows are a Bad Thing. They allocate
> system resources which often are not freed completely when the windows are
> closed (especially on Windows 9x) and are therefore to be avoided.
>
> Besides, the window object needs to be created first, so it is likely that
> on a low-end system or a thin bandwidth connection the send process is
> complete before the popup window or its document is even loaded[/color]
completely.[color=blue]
>
> And last but not least, for the first reason popup windows can and will be
> blocked by users.
>[color=green]
> > The post may take some time for the server to process.
> > So when the new windows is loaded into the browser, I want to close this
> > Wait window.[/color]
>
> When submitting a form, there is generally no need to let the user know[/color]
that[color=blue]
> they must wait, since on all UAs I know, the submitting window is blocked
> and a `wait' cursor (an hourglass with default Windows cursor scheme) or
> something comparable is displayed.
>
> But if you think a feedback is required anyway, you should use JavaScript
> to manipulate the DOM, maybe showing a `Wait' text instead within the
> submitting document.
>
> If you want to counteract multiple clicking of the submit button (a known
> problem,) you can set a timeout on click of the button to disable it and
> re-enable it in the onunload handler of the window or document (in the[/color]
case[color=blue]
> someone uses the `Back' button if the submit failed.)
>[color=green]
> > function openWaitWindow()
> > {
> > top.WaitWindowVar=window.showModelessDialog("WaitW indow.html","Dialog
> > Arguments Value","dialogHeight:100px; dialogWidth:200px; dialogTop:px;
> > dialogLeft:px; edge:Raised; center:Yes; help:No; resizable:No;[/color][/color]
status:No;[color=blue][color=green]
> > scroll:No; Unadorned:Yes ");
> > }[/color]
>
> You know that this is IE-only? For popup windows you use the
> window.open(...) method. And it is evil[tm] that you forbid
> the user to scroll the window content *and* also forbid that
> they resize the window here. How do you think they get to the
> information if their settings (font size, content zoom aso.)
> don't allow the content to be displayed within the rectangle
> you specified?
>
> The following shows the scrollbars. If you don't like them
> to be displayed, change `scrollbars' into `resizable' (since
> `no' is the default for both options):
>
> top.foobar = window.open("WaitWindow.html", "foo_bar",
> "height=100,width=200,scrollbars=yes,dependent=yes ");
>
>
> PointedEars
>[/color]
