Solution while process is running

[Chris Fink]

I am looking for a solution to use in an aspx web application that will
redirect the user to a new page and display an animated gif indicating that
processing is occurring, and when complete, redirect back to the previous
page picking up where things left off. I've seen similar functionality done
on the web before and would like to follow suit.

A less robust solution, if the desired approach is not feasable, would be a
popup window that has focus, then disappears when the main page has completed
processing.

In the world of the web, end users always do funny things. Using this
approach will help eliminate many of them......

Suggestions, please.

Thanks

[Craig Deelsnyder]

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:49:04 -0500, Chris Fink""
<Ch*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I am looking for a solution to use in an aspx web application that will
redirect the user to a new page and display an animated gif indicating
that
processing is occurring, and when complete, redirect back to the previous
page picking up where things left off. I've seen similar functionality
done
on the web before and would like to follow suit.

A less robust solution, if the desired approach is not feasable, would
be a
popup window that has focus, then disappears when the main page has
completed
processing.

In the world of the web, end users always do funny things. Using this
approach will help eliminate many of them......

Suggestions, please.

Thanks

Just one approach/example:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20050108.asp

Note he mentions alot of other options in that article (besides the one he
shows there)...just Google around you'll find many implementations...

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

[Chris Fink]

Decent solution, however, the problem that I am faced with is more than one
long running task on the same aspx page. For example, when a button is
pressed a datagrid is loaded which can take 5-10 secs and then when an item
is selected in the datagrid and update occurs on submit which can take
another 5-10 secs. During both of these updates, I would like to display a
processing message to the users.

The difficulty with the above is displaying a message during the execution
lifecycle of the page, in this case twice during two long running processes,
without disrupting the page state and processing events.

Thanks for the assistance!

"Craig Deelsnyder" wrote:

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:49:04 -0500, Chris Fink""
<Ch*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

I am looking for a solution to use in an aspx web application that will
redirect the user to a new page and display an animated gif indicating
that
processing is occurring, and when complete, redirect back to the previous
page picking up where things left off. I've seen similar functionality
done
on the web before and would like to follow suit.

A less robust solution, if the desired approach is not feasable, would
be a
popup window that has focus, then disappears when the main page has
completed
processing.

In the world of the web, end users always do funny things. Using this
approach will help eliminate many of them......

Suggestions, please.

Thanks

Just one approach/example:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20050108.asp

Note he mentions alot of other options in that article (besides the one he
shows there)...just Google around you'll find many implementations...

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

[Craig Deelsnyder]

On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 08:51:06 -0500, Chris Fink""
<Ch*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

Decent solution, however, the problem that I am faced with is more than
one
long running task on the same aspx page. For example, when a button is
pressed a datagrid is loaded which can take 5-10 secs and then when an
item
is selected in the datagrid and update occurs on submit which can take
another 5-10 secs. During both of these updates, I would like to
display a
processing message to the users.

The difficulty with the above is displaying a message during the
execution
lifecycle of the page, in this case twice during two long running
processes,
without disrupting the page state and processing events.

Thanks for the assistance!

"Craig Deelsnyder" wrote:

On Tue, 05 Apr 2005 14:49:04 -0500, Chris Fink""
<Ch*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I am looking for a solution to use in an aspx web application that

will

> redirect the user to a new page and display an animated gif indicating
> that
> processing is occurring, and when complete, redirect back to the

previous

> page picking up where things left off. I've seen similar

functionality

> done
> on the web before and would like to follow suit.
>
> A less robust solution, if the desired approach is not feasable, would
> be a
> popup window that has focus, then disappears when the main page has
> completed
> processing.
>
> In the world of the web, end users always do funny things. Using this
> approach will help eliminate many of them......
>
> Suggestions, please.
>
> Thanks

Just one approach/example:

http://www.eggheadcafe.com/articles/20050108.asp

Note he mentions alot of other options in that article (besides the one
he
shows there)...just Google around you'll find many implementations...

--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

OK, check out the first couple returned articles here...dunno if they're
better, unfortunately I haven't had time to read them (swamped right now),
but wanted to get you more options:

http://search.microsoft.com/search/r...&c=0&s=1&swc=0
--
Craig Deelsnyder
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET