Here is an example of a progress. I adapted this from someone elses code so
I can't take credit for it, but maybe you can use it. It is javascript.
<%@ Control %>
<div id="waiting">
<table id="msgCell" align="center"><tr><td>
Processing please wait ...
</td></tr><tr><td style="font-size:8pt;padding:2px;border:solid black 1px">
<span id="progress1"> </span>
<span id="progress2"> </span>
<span id="progress3"> </span>
<span id="progress4"> </span>
<span id="progress5"> </span>
<span id="progress6"> </span>
<span id="progress7"> </span>
<span id="progress8"> </span>
<span id="progress9"> </span>
</td></tr></table>
</div>
<script language="javascript">
var progressEnd = 9; // set to number of progress <span>'s.
var progressColor = 'blue'; // set to progress bar color
var progressInterval = 500; // set to time between updates (milli-seconds)
var progressAt = 0; //progressEnd;
var progressTimer;
function progress_clear() {
for (var i = 1; i <= progressEnd; i++)
document.getElementById('progress'+i).style.backgr oundColor = 'transparent';
progressAt = 0;
}
function progress_update() {
progressAt++;
{if (progressAt > progressEnd) {
progress_stop()
}
else
{document.getElementById('progress'+progressAt).st yle.backgroundColor =
progressColor
progressTimer = setTimeout('progress_update()',progressInterval);} }
}
function progress_stop() {
progress_clear();
window.clearTimeout(progressTimer);
// hideobj('waitingDiv','');
//hideobj('waiting','none')
}
function startMsg() {
// hideobj('waitingDiv','none');
progress_update();
}
function hideobj(objname,type) {
var div1=document.getElementById(objname);
div1.style.display = type;
}
</script>
"SpamProof" <sp***********@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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I got an animated gif that is a barber pole spinning that I want to
use as a progress bar.
The problem is that is stops spinning (shows 1 frame) when my browser
is processing a submited request that might take 5-8 seconds.
I tried to putting the gif in a sepearate page and referencing it
using iframe thinking that if the gif is on another page & calling it
from my main page, it would not be affected by my submittals and
continue to give the spinning effect.
Does any one know how i can implement a progress bar (preferably
barber-pole) on a webpage.
Ticketmaster.com seems to do it. The thing is, I can't figure out if
they're really processing info while their progress bar spins while
nothing is being done & then simply redirects the user. Please look to
see what i am talking about... Look for some availiable tickets &
check to see if some seats are available and see how they simulate
this.
http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/07...&minorcatid=32
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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