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Showing a 'Waiting ...' Message

Started by"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
First post2011-12-13 10:26 -0700
Last post2011-12-15 14:34 -0700
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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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#9247

From"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Date2011-12-14 16:54 -0700
Message-ID<9ksr97FauoU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#9245
Dr. Stockton said:
> Display the message as the last thing but one that gets executed.  The
> last thing is a setTimeout that calls the sort routine after some short
> interval, say 100 ms.  At the end of the sort, remove or alter the wait
> message.
>

Dr Stockton:

    Thank you for the suggestion above.  I'll go back to work on it 
tomorrow.

    ( Been golfing/partying lately :))  )

-Mel

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#9280

From"Mel Smith" <med_cutout_syntel@aol.com>
Date2011-12-15 14:34 -0700
Message-ID<9kv7ffFt0qU1@mid.individual.net>
In reply to#9247
Dr John Stockton and Gene Wirchenko:

    Following the instructions of Dr. John, I build this little 'looperr' 
below that shows my warning message finally :((

Hope this helps others.

-Mel Smith


*************************

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
    "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" />
<title>loopmsg.htm</title>

<script type="text/javascript">

var nCrud = 0

function LooperSorter() {

var el = document.getElementById("looptotal") ;
el.value = nCrud.toString() ;  // clear out the total field

var mypi = 3.1415926 ;

// You may wish to make a significantly more complex loop so that
// the 'Looping' Message can be seen easier

for (var i=0; i <= 3000000; i++) {
   nCrud = (i / mypi) + 1234.567;
}

// Now at end of Loop, So, prove it by placing the
// nCrud vrbl total in the looptotal field
var el = document.getElementById("looptotal") ;
el.value = nCrud.toString() ;

// Now, Restore the original message
var el = document.getElementById("looptext") ;
el.style.color = "yellow" ;
el.style.background = "gray" ;
el.value = "Ready to Loop"
}

function showwaitmsg() {
  var el = document.getElementById("looptext") ;
  el.style.color="white";
  el.style.background="red" ;
  el.value = " Looping ... " ;
  return ;
}

function startloop() {

// First, show the 'Looping ... ' Message
showwaitmsg() ;   // shows the message White on Red background

// Then, wait 1/20th of a second to give the 'wait' message
// some time to display.
// At the end of the 'LooperSorter' Code, the original message
// is restored to the message field.

// You may also wish to set the delay to 0 millisecs to test it.
setTimeout("LooperSorter()",200) ;  // wait .20 secs, then restore message

// You cannot place the message restoration code *here* because the
// message will be restored *before* the 'looper' even runs !
}
</script>

</head>

<body>
<form action="#" >
&nbsp;&nbsp;Click to Loop : <input type="button" onclick="startloop();"
    value="Start Timer" />
&nbsp;&nbsp;Loop Total : <input type="text" id="looptotal" value="0" />
<br />
<br />
&nbsp;Loop Message&nbsp;:&nbsp;<input type="text" readonly="readonly"
 id="looptext"
 style="width:12em;font-weight:bold;color:yellow;background:gray;text-align:center;" value="Ready to Loop" /></form></body></html>

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