WAIT Screen

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I have a form that inputs a lot of PHP Vars that points to a file that performs several long ODBC querries and returns the formated results.

After the user clicks submit, until the querries are completed, I would like to have a popup so the user is not staring at a white screen.

I searched this forum and find an article doing just this in DHTML. Is there any similar method in PHP? Does anyone have any suggestions?

I can not set the META Refresh because sometimes the querry takes 10 seconds, sometimes 2 minutes.

If I set the action of the SUBMIT button to myWAITpage.html , then how would I Refresh the page when the results came back?

DigitalExpl0it

like a splash screen?

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Exactly, like a splash screen.

Much like on this site after you submit your search or post

anthill

I don't know if its possible in PHP but i'm interested if it is. I think I understand, and I use something similar. Yet I use a javscript popup that pops up when submit it pressed, then when the page changes the popup disappears.

<?

// all you logs and everything

?>

<html>
<head>
<script language="JavaScript">
function opener() {
theChild = window.open('progress.html','wind_ref','height=200,width=200,');
}
</script>
</head>
<body  onUnload="if ((theChild) && !(theChild.closed)) theChild.close()">

<form>
<!-- your form -->
<input  type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="opener()"> 
</form>

</body>
</html>

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Anthill,

THANKS!

That works well enough.....