Disaplay Please Wait page to prevent browser timeout

[nomadsolo]

Our site hosts a search engine which loads a very large html file containing all the info to search. The size of this page is causing the client's browser to time out. I need a quick HTML/Javascript solution (not server-side) which will perhaps load an intermediary Please Wait page and keep the process going until the real page has finished loading. I do not know how to implement this. Please advise.
Thank you for any suggestions.

 

[BabyJeffy]

... Thank you for any suggestions.

Refactor the search solution so that it doesn't deliver such a heavy page to the client browser. There are many search solutions available, and having to put up with that kind of problem is not acceptable in the modern web world.

Cheers,
Jeff

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[nomadsolo]

Definitely a good idea, Jeff, however, I am looking for a quick and dirty solution to implement, without having (at the present time) to rework the whole search process. I am thinking in terms of some javascript code which would, while the page loads, run some dummy method to keep the browser busy and display a please wait sign, and when the page loads, have the dummy process stop.

 

[feherke]

Hi

I am looking for a quick and dirty solution

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Feherke.

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[BabyJeffy]

Hmmm... the thing is that the timeout (I think) is universal to page loading... so even an attempt to interrupt it with Javascript won't really work.

*get's quick and dirty*

How about loading the search page as a small wrapper that shows a "loading" gif or something, and then fires off an AJAX request to the *real* search page, and when the AJAX returns, you can blatt it into an ID'd div or something. You could even get Old Skool and go with an iframe, I guess (oh the pain... no iframes... pleeeese).

Without being able to refactor, I'd say AJAX is the best option. Given the fantasy island code involved in iframe tinkering (queue the trolls), it'll probably take the same time to learn how to do it in AJAX than it does in iframes... of course you'll need to be on the same domain as the the search page (probably the case) and have the ability to tinker with the server-side a little (again, a likely scenario).

Cheers,
Jeff

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[feherke]

Hi

Hmmm... the thing is that the timeout (I think) is universal to page loading...

Could not be so universal. Server-push CGI chats works sometime.

Feherke.

http://rootshell.be/~feherke/