How do you check if window is done loading?

conraba · Jan 7, 2004

Hi,

I have a a code in the parent window coded as such

var myWind=open(URL,'window' + i)

URL - is a link to an ftp site that contains ie. word or pdf file.

Thru a loop, I am openning a new window per document based on a link specified in the URL. Every window shows a new document.

Basically, I need to load each document one at a time. After a window opens and loaded a document, that's the only time it will open a new window for the next document.

How can I check if the window has fully loaded (downloaded and displayed a document) to be able to do a sequential loading.

Thanks for any help,
conraba

jemminger · Jan 7, 2004

the event window.onload fires when the window has finished loading. you can attach code to this event.

<script>
function doneLoading() {
alert("done loading&quot

;
}
window.onload = doneLoading;
</script>

or

<script>
function doneLoading() {
alert("done loading&quot

;
}
</script>
<body onload="doneLoading();">

=========================================================
-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

conraba · Jan 7, 2004

Jeff,

My fault, I should have explained more on what I was doing, its something like this.

URL - is an array containing "links" to a document
ex.
ftp://a-server/the_files/sample_notes1.doc
ftp://a-server/the_files/sample_notes2.doc
ftp://a-server/the_files/sample_notes3.doc

for(i=0; i < URL.length ; i++)
{
var myWind=open(URL(i),'window' + i)

//------------------------------
// Piece of code that checks if myWind is finished loading
//------------------------------
// while myWind has not loaded
// continue this loop or do a delay
}

when while...loop gets satisfied, thats the only time i'll open the next window with the next document.

Note:

I don't have access to the code on the new windows, so I can't do a check on the onload events.

Thanks again for any inputs,
conraba

jemminger · Jan 7, 2004

in IE only, you can check document.readyState - it will be "complete" when loaded. however, if the urls are in a different domain, you probably won't have access via javascript for security reasons

=========================================================
-jeff

http://www.jeffemminger.com

try { succeed(); } catch(E) { tryAgain(); }

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How do you check if window is done loading?

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