Writing 2 html pages with one script

[Wolfgang Mahringer]

Hi everybody,

Hope this question is not too silly

I have a perl script which does a lot of computing (a max of about 45
seconds, but can be less than a second also), then outputs the result as
a HTML page (on a browser).

It would be nice to output a page like "processing..please wait" to the
browser before the long processing starts.

Any ideas how to do that?

Thanks a lot,
Wolf

 

[Walter Roberson]

:Hope this question is not too silly

It's not really a perl question.


:I have a perl script which does a lot of computing (a max of about 45
:seconds, but can be less than a second also), then outputs the result as
:a HTML page (on a browser).

:It would be nice to output a page like "processing..please wait" to the
:browser before the long processing starts.

:Any ideas how to do that?

"Round up the usual suspects."

In other words, see any good HTML FAQ about how to do dynamic page
updates. There are several ways available, including meta-refreshes,
javascript, java applets, and using multipart-mixed to indicate that
more parts will be forthcoming.

 

[Wolfgang Mahringer]

Hi Walter,

"Round up the usual suspects."

In other words, see any good HTML FAQ about how to do dynamic page
updates. There are several ways available, including meta-refreshes,
javascript, java applets, and using multipart-mixed to indicate that
more parts will be forthcoming.

Thanks, Walter, I will do some research on this themes.

Wolf

 

[Joe Smith]

It would be nice to output a page like "processing..please wait" to the
browser before the long processing starts.

http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html
-Joe

 

[Wolfgang Mahringer]

Hi Joe,

http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/WebTechniques/col20.html

Thank you for that one!
From Walters response I already figured out that multipart/mixed is the
thing to go for

Thanks a lot!
Wolf