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"please wait, page loading!"??
i have a heavy page, and while it takes its time to load, i want to display alt text like "please wait..." stuff
so how?
so how?
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The problem is that you can't remove text from a HTML document. So you'll haved to display the text some other way, an image, a form field...something you can change.
Display "please wait" in one of the ways mentioned.
make a function WriteContents () {
document.write(".......wri
}
At the end of your page say
<script>
WriteContents()
</script>
Display "please wait" in one of the ways mentioned.
make a function WriteContents () {
document.write(".......wri
}
At the end of your page say
<script>
WriteContents()
</script>
oh yes, and if you have images, then preload them in Javascript too.
I don't see why you don't wnat another window, it closes itself...
Anyway, here is a DHTML version
The following should work in MSIE4 and NS4 (but not give errors in the other browsers)
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
mtext {
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
}
-->
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide from non-js browsers
/* Script lifted from irt.org */
if (document.layers) var doc = 'document.', vis = '.visibility';
if (document.all) var doc = 'document.all.', vis = '.style.visibility';
function show(object) { if (document.layers || document.all) eval(doc + object + vis + ' = "visible"'); }
function hide(object) { if (document.layers || document.all) eval(doc + object + vis + ' = "hidden"'); }
// unhide -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide
if (document.layers || document.all) { // First we write the please wait in a layer
document.write('<DIV ID="text1" CLASS="mtext">');
document.write('<CENTER>')
document.write('<TABLE><TR
document.write('</CENTER>'
document.write('</DIV>');
show('text1') ; // Show the please wait
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>
big page
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide
if (document.layers || document.all) hide('text1'); // loose the please wait
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Enjoy,
Michel
Anyway, here is a DHTML version
The following should work in MSIE4 and NS4 (but not give errors in the other browsers)
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<STYLE TYPE="text/css">
mtext {
position: absolute;
visibility: hidden;
}
-->
</STYLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide from non-js browsers
/* Script lifted from irt.org */
if (document.layers) var doc = 'document.', vis = '.visibility';
if (document.all) var doc = 'document.all.', vis = '.style.visibility';
function show(object) { if (document.layers || document.all) eval(doc + object + vis + ' = "visible"'); }
function hide(object) { if (document.layers || document.all) eval(doc + object + vis + ' = "hidden"'); }
// unhide -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide
if (document.layers || document.all) { // First we write the please wait in a layer
document.write('<DIV ID="text1" CLASS="mtext">');
document.write('<CENTER>')
document.write('<TABLE><TR
document.write('</CENTER>'
document.write('</DIV>');
show('text1') ; // Show the please wait
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>
big page
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- // hide
if (document.layers || document.all) hide('text1'); // loose the please wait
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Enjoy,
Michel
Also a nice way is to use frames:
<FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*" ONLOAD="top.frames[0].loca
<FRAME SRC="pleasewait.htm">
<FRAME SRC="bigpage.htm">
</FRAMESET>
that way the complete page is cached (if the cache is on) and the big page is swapped in when it finished loading
Michel
<FRAMESET ROWS="100%,*" ONLOAD="top.frames[0].loca
<FRAME SRC="pleasewait.htm">
<FRAME SRC="bigpage.htm">
</FRAMESET>
that way the complete page is cached (if the cache is on) and the big page is swapped in when it finished loading
Michel
Maish: I am a little disappointed that you give a D for not one, not two but three working examples on how to solve your problem...
Michel
Michel
ASKER
hi there michael,
sorry lah, i am new to this stuff...how did u get a D?
how does one know?
i just clicked on accepted answer!!
so how does one do it?
sorry again
sorry lah, i am new to this stuff...how did u get a D?
how does one know?
i just clicked on accepted answer!!
so how does one do it?
sorry again
Aha, I hoped that was the case...
When you have the screen with Here are your options:
At the top there is a row of radio buttons marked
A() excellent B() very good C() good D() acceptable
The points you decide that the question is worth will be multiplied by 4,3,2,1 depending on this grade (the points you give remain the same)
Since this is my first D and all the C's I get is from autograding (when people do not return to reject or accept an answer) I was curious to know why...
Michel
PS: If you REALLY want to change your grade, Customer support can probably help (it is onthe home page) hint, hint ;-)
When you have the screen with Here are your options:
At the top there is a row of radio buttons marked
A() excellent B() very good C() good D() acceptable
The points you decide that the question is worth will be multiplied by 4,3,2,1 depending on this grade (the points you give remain the same)
Since this is my first D and all the C's I get is from autograding (when people do not return to reject or accept an answer) I was curious to know why...
Michel
PS: If you REALLY want to change your grade, Customer support can probably help (it is onthe home page) hint, hint ;-)
Only works in IE and not in NS
What only works in IE?
Michel
Michel
The code works only in IE. did you check it in NS?
ASKER
yes thats one way to do it, but i dont want to open another window
cant i do it in the same window, like 'the introduction to dom' page at the www.projectcool.com website?