I have a button on my page which when clicked redirects to another page. on
the page load of the page that I've redirected to, there is a long query.
What I want to do is with dhtml, display test in the center of the screen
saying 'please wait..' so that the text displays until the new page is
returned. My problem is that the html is not visually updated because the
browser is busy waiting for the http request to complete. Is there any way
around this?

This is simplest solution I've seen:
http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp

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I hope this helps,
Steve C. Orr, MCSD
http://SteveOrr.net


"Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have a button on my page which when clicked redirects to another page.
>on the page load of the page that I've redirected to, there is a long
>query. What I want to do is with dhtml, display test in the center of the
>screen saying 'please wait..' so that the text displays until the new page
>is returned. My problem is that the html is not visually updated because
>the browser is busy waiting for the http request to complete. Is there any
>way around this?
>

I don't think this will work for me because the contents of the original
page will disappear until the results of the new page appear. I want a
please wait dialog to display over top of the original page to make things
look seamless. I'm sure I can avoid using an intermediate page to achieve a
please wait dialog, somehow there must be a way to force the dhtml change
to visually update.

"Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> This is simplest solution I've seen:
> http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp
>
> --
> I hope this helps,
> Steve C. Orr, MCSD
> http://SteveOrr.net
>
>
> "Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have a button on my page which when clicked redirects to another page.
>>on the page load of the page that I've redirected to, there is a long
>>query. What I want to do is with dhtml, display test in the center of the
>>screen saying 'please wait..' so that the text displays until the new page
>>is returned. My problem is that the html is not visually updated because
>>the browser is busy waiting for the http request to complete. Is there
>>any way around this?
>>
>
>

You may want to check out these 2 examples from
Dave Sussman's and Alex Homer's "ASP 1.1 Insider Solutions" :

http://www.daveandal.net/books/6744/...implewait.aspx
http://www.daveandal.net/books/6744/...ogressbar.aspx

There's links to source code in both,
and I think they do what you're looking for.



Juan T. Llibre
ASP.NET MVP
http://asp.net.do/foros/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español
Ven, y hablemos de ASP.NET...
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"Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>I don't think this will work for me because the contents of the original page will
>disappear until the results of the new page appear. I want a please wait dialog to
>display over top of the original page to make things look seamless. I'm sure I can avoid
>using an intermediate page to achieve a please wait dialog, somehow there must be a way
>to force the dhtml change to visually update.

> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> This is simplest solution I've seen:
>> http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp
>>
>> --
>> I hope this helps,
>> Steve C. Orr, MCSD
>> http://SteveOrr.net
>>
>>
>> "Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have a button on my page which when clicked redirects to another page. on the page
>>>load of the page that I've redirected to, there is a long query. What I want to do is
>>>with dhtml, display test in the center of the screen saying 'please wait..' so that the
>>>text displays until the new page is returned. My problem is that the html is not
>>>visually updated because the browser is busy waiting for the http request to complete.
>>>Is there any way around this?
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I think this will do what I need. Thanks.
Unfortunately the refresh causes the little progress bar in the status bar
of the browser to disappear, so at first I thought my implementation wasn't
working, but it does seem to work. Thanks.

"Juan T. Llibre" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> You may want to check out these 2 examples from
> Dave Sussman's and Alex Homer's "ASP 1.1 Insider Solutions" :
>
> http://www.daveandal.net/books/6744/...implewait.aspx
> http://www.daveandal.net/books/6744/...ogressbar.aspx
>
> There's links to source code in both,
> and I think they do what you're looking for.
>
>
>
> Juan T. Llibre
> ASP.NET MVP
> http://asp.net.do/foros/
> Foros de ASP.NET en Español
> Ven, y hablemos de ASP.NET...
> ======================
>
> "Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I don't think this will work for me because the contents of the original
>>page will disappear until the results of the new page appear. I want a
>>please wait dialog to display over top of the original page to make things
>>look seamless. I'm sure I can avoid using an intermediate page to achieve
>>a please wait dialog, somehow there must be a way to force the dhtml
>>change to visually update.
>
>> "Steve C. Orr [MVP, MCSD]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> This is simplest solution I've seen:
>>> http://www.aspnetpro.com/NewsletterA...200308bm_l.asp
>>>
>>> --
>>> I hope this helps,
>>> Steve C. Orr, MCSD
>>> http://SteveOrr.net
>>>
>>>
>>> "Jeremy Chapman" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>>I have a button on my page which when clicked redirects to another page.
>>>>on the page load of the page that I've redirected to, there is a long
>>>>query. What I want to do is with dhtml, display test in the center of
>>>>the screen saying 'please wait..' so that the text displays until the
>>>>new page is returned. My problem is that the html is not visually
>>>>updated because the browser is busy waiting for the http request to
>>>>complete. Is there any way around this?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I think if you use javascritp is easier.

OnClick button you add attribute like this:

btnSave.Attributes.Add("onclick", "return PleaseWait()")

Javascript function is:

function PleaseWait(){
document.getElementById("LabelMsg").value='Please wait while your
request is being processed';
}

LabelMsg is your Label where you want to put your message While Wait.

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Hi,

I have created a true MVC-pattern for ASP.NET that allows dialogs
windows in ASP.NET just like you would do when using WinForms.
I am using a technique called server-side-blocked calls (server-side
AJAX).
On my website there are four demos online and also a recording of a
live-coding-example (executable desktoprecording).

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The framework is freeware and is currently being applied in several
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Kind regards,

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http://www.inchl.nl


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