Delay while page is loading

[Donald Canton]

Hi all,

I've got a script that caches 52 card images and displays the
appropriate card based on user input. It works fine, except when the
page loads for the first time the results are unpredictable until a
few seconds elapse. My guess is that it's taking time to cache the 52
images. Is there any way to delay the loading of the page until all 52
images are cached? Thanks.

dc

[HikksNotAtHome]

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dc*****@rocketmail.com (Donald Canton) writes:

Hi all,

I've got a script that caches 52 card images and displays the
appropriate card based on user input. It works fine, except when the
page loads for the first time the results are unpredictable until a
few seconds elapse. My guess is that it's taking time to cache the 52
images. Is there any way to delay the loading of the page until all 52
images are cached? Thanks.

dc

Put the preloading in a preload page, with a "please wait" message. When the
page is loaded, redirect to the actual page. Or, have the message in a div that
hides the entire page. When the images are loaded, hide the message, thus
displaying the page.
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Randy
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