target window open on a timer

mak2112 · Oct 10, 2001

I am doing a website that needs to interact with my database server in order to look up info. I want to have a new target box open, during the communication, that will state something like "thanks for waiting". I want to set this target window to exist for a specific period of time, or to disappear once communication with the database is done. Is this possible, and if so, any ideas on how to do it.

thanks

marc

DeZiner · Oct 10, 2001

Use window.open and window.close with javaScript settimeout() functions. Try the javascript forum. It would be a set amount of time rather than just waiting for the database to respond. Thise guys are all guru's, give them a shot DeZiner
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Boomerang · Oct 11, 2001

Hi Marc,

Put this code in the <body> of your page that opens the new popup-window:
(It opens a popup-window in the middle of your screen)

<script language="javascript">

var h = '250';
var w = '274';
var winl=(screen.width - w) / 2;
var wint=(screen.height - h) / 2;

window.open('popup.htm', 'popup-name', 'height='+h+',width='+w+',top='+wint+',left='+winl+'');

</script>

Put this code in the <body> of your popup-window page:

<script language="javascript">

timer = setTimeout("window.close();", 4000);

</script>

You can also make functions like:

<script language="javascript">
function timeclose()
{
timer = setTimeout("window.close();", 4000);
}

</script>

and start the function with :

<body onload="javascript:timeclose();"

Hope this helps,
Erik

Boomerang · Oct 11, 2001

Hi Marc,

Maybe I'm confusing with saying "Put this code in the <body> of .." because at the end I show the 'onload' attribute in the body tag

So with "Put this code in the <body> of .." I mean in the <body></body> part like:

<body>
<script language="javascript">
....
</script>
</body>

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target window open on a timer

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