Sorry, this is driving me nuts...

[QDL]

Hello everyone,

I have this very easy task to accomplish: block clicks on a whole page after
posting to the server to prevent impatient users from clicking many times
and causing problems to the serverside-code.

I actually could do it in IE using this technique:

....
function DisableIEControls() {
try {
document.body.style.cursor = "wait";
document.attachEvent("onclick", function(){return false;});
} catch (e) {}
}

window.attachEvent('onbeforeunload',function(){Dis ableIEControls()});
....

This works fine in IE, now can someone help me writing the same for
non-Microsoft browsers...

I tried almost all but to no avail... clicks are always "sent" to server
side...

Thanx in Advance
QDL

[Randy Webb]

QDL said the following on 5/29/2006 12:00 PM:

Hello everyone,

I have this very easy task to accomplish: block clicks on a whole page after
posting to the server to prevent impatient users from clicking many times
and causing problems to the serverside-code.

<snip>

Have the form submit to an intermediate page that then submits to the
real server side file. The intermediate page will have a message to the
user to wait on the server to finish and to please be patient.

It is far from being fool-proof but it is better than an alternative
where you try to disable the entire page. You could do that using the
onsubmit of the form to clear the current page with a message.

--
Randy
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[Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn]

QDL wrote:

I have this very easy task to accomplish: block clicks on a whole page
after posting to the server to prevent impatient users from clicking many
times and causing problems to the serverside-code.

This is not going to work because the problem persists if client-side script
support is not present. Modify your server-side code so that it can cope
with duplicate data. It is not an uncommon problem after all.

And *please* post with a reasonable (descriptive) Subject header next time.
PointedEars
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