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Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message

From "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.javascript
Subject Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message
Date 2011-12-13 10:26 -0700
Message-ID <9kpg77Fu2fU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)

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Hi:

    Because of some great help from Denis McMahon last March, I've been 
showing / sorting big tables with no problem

    The only problem I have is displaying a 'Waiting  for Sort to Complete 
...' message on the screen during the interval that sorting is taking place.

    The 'Wait' Message *does* display if I follow it with an Alert() 
message.  Otherwise, it does *not*  display.

    Is there some other way to *force* this following function to display ??

// **** here is the 'wait' message function ****
function showwaitmsg() {
  var el = document.getElementById("sorttext")
  el.style.color="white";
  el.style.background="red" ;
  el.value = " Sorting ... " ;  // in IE7 and also Chrome, this doesn't 
display UNLESS you show an alert() message first
  return ;
}
// **** end of wait message function ****

 Thanks for any hints provided !

-- 
Mel Smith

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Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-13 10:26 -0700
  Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-13 12:17 -0800
    Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-13 15:31 -0700
      Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-13 17:50 -0800
        Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-13 18:10 -0800
          Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Martin Pearman <warwound@gmail.com> - 2011-12-13 23:07 -0800
            Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-14 10:46 -0800
              Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Jake Jarvis <pig_in_shoes@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-14 21:18 +0100
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-14 13:30 -0800
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-14 22:56 +0000
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-14 18:55 -0800
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-15 08:40 +0000
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-15 12:08 -0800
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message tony@mountifield.org (Tony Mountifield) - 2011-12-15 20:36 +0000
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Gene Wirchenko <genew@ocis.net> - 2011-12-15 15:24 -0800
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2011-12-16 06:31 -0800
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Dr J R Stockton <reply1150@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-16 21:17 +0000
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivoort@interxnl.net> - 2011-12-15 11:03 +0000
                Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Dr J R Stockton <reply1150@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-15 20:42 +0000
  Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message Dr J R Stockton <reply1150@merlyn.demon.co.uk> - 2011-12-14 21:11 +0000
    Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-14 16:54 -0700
      Re: Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message "Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com> - 2011-12-15 14:34 -0700

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