inline frames

[Terry Fox]

I'm using frontpage 2003 and was trying to use an inline frame to display
.... a progress bar... until some conde was completed, and then remove the
inline frame page to not show the progress bar anymore, but i'm unsure how
to change the inline frame from code. Is there a way to do this.

The problem I'm having is running an asp script to pull a bunch of data from
an access database and do some calculations on it before displaying the
data, so the user has to wait between 20 and 30 seconds, and I want some
kind of visual indication that the page is working on the calculations, but
I can't seem to figure out how to write it directly into the asp code,
because it buffers the output until the data calculations are complete

Any suggestions on either would greatly be appreciated.

Terry Fox
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[MD WebsUnlimited.com]

Hi Terry,

This is normally accomplished by using a second browser window that has a
graphic that is widened over time. The trick is to use a technique whereby
the output is done via multi-part response. Of course you have to have a
yard rule to show the time. In your case all you can do is guess about how
long then set the graphic after 1/4 width after 5 sec. 1/2 after 10 sec. 3/4
after 15 sec. and then wait an have the database page set to 100% followed
by closing the window.


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[Terry Fox]

Well, intially, I was going to open a window, and just create a status bar
type graph, that just continued to loop (just to show that the data was
still being processed, so they wouldn't keep hitting refresh or something),
until the main page was completed the calculations and displayed, then it
would close out the pop up window, but I can't seem to get a command from
the main window to shut down the progress bar window I created.

Terry