I have a PHP/Javascript file which captures digital signatures from a topaz tablet and saves them to a MySQL backend. It works great. The only problem I have is that writing the bitmap to the tablet takes quite a bit of time (5-20 seconds). The tablet controls are Active X plugins called by Javascript. The bitmap displays the SIGN HERE box.
I want to display a splash screen while the bitmap is being written to the topaz tablet so that the operator does not see the active X signature capture box until the tablet is ready.
There is a lot of PHP on the page which contains the javascript controls for the tablet.
I created a TRANSIT.PHP page for the splash, but the only thing that will load is the background color until the bitmap has been finished writing to the tablet. While this serves my purpose...its really really ugly and I would like to clean it up.
It seems that the Javascript Active X controls are overiding any PHP/HTML code. Is this possible? Has anyone else had this kind of problem?
