window load blocked for a while..

[ROB]

I'm loading a javascript using

<script LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript" src="highl.js"

></script>

The script also uses a window.onload to execute ...

This is blocking the web page load (waiting for the js to be completed)
-At the end of the page load I can see the content but window is not
responding (scroll, etc)

I was looking for something to load the script indipendently so that
the web page can load with no problems.

I would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks!!!

Rob

[James Black]

ROB wrote:

I was looking for something to load the script indipendently so that
the web page can load with no problems.

I would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks!!!

You can have your onload function call the setTimeout function, which
will then stop blocking the page.

You can find more about setTimeout on google. Here is a starting point:

http://www.devguru.com/technologies/...ettimeout.html

[ROB]

Hi,

I tried with setTimeout and it is waiting for the time I set. Ok.

The problem here is that the browser is waiting when the script
starts..
Anything in the browser is blocked (buttons scrollbar etc)..

This is what I would like to avoid :(
Is there a way to execute the script in the "background" and use the
brower page in the meantime?

Thanks.
James Black ha scritto:

ROB wrote:

I was looking for something to load the script indipendently so that
the web page can load with no problems.

I would appreciate any suggestion. Thanks!!!

You can have your onload function call the setTimeout function, which
will then stop blocking the page.

You can find more about setTimeout on google. Here is a starting point:

http://www.devguru.com/technologies/...ettimeout.html

[James Black]

ROB wrote:

I tried with setTimeout and it is waiting for the time I set. Ok.

The problem here is that the browser is waiting when the script
starts..
Anything in the browser is blocked (buttons scrollbar etc)..

If your onload function calls a function that only calls setTimeout,
then there shouldn't be a pause.

If your buttons and all are waiting to load, then there is something
else blocking you.

On some browsers, such as IE, nothing will be drawn until the entire
screen layout is done. So, if you have a lot of input boxes, or select
boxes, that could slow it down from rendering initially.

Try to have a very simple page, then, if that loads quickly, start to
add in the more complex layout, and see what you add that causes it to
slow down too much.