invisible page???

[yabba]

is there a way to keep a client page invisible for a brief moment while it is
checking a few things on the client with javascript?

once checked it may need to redirect to another page...

currently the 1st page flashes up just before the redirection... looks a
little messy.

any help or ideas appreciated.

 

[Roland Hall]

in message : is there a way to keep a client page invisible for a brief moment while it
is
: checking a few things on the client with javascript?
:
: once checked it may need to redirect to another page...
:
: currently the 1st page flashes up just before the redirection... looks a
: little messy.
:
: any help or ideas appreciated.

Once the client gets the page, ASP is done.

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[andrea azzini]

Do you mean something like this:

- client requests the page
- server sends static page with Javascript
- Javascript runs on client machine and gathers the needed data
- Javascript sends the data back to server
- Server replies with the actual page to show

?

 

[yabba]

yes... exactly...

that is how it is working now but page #1 flashes up for a sec... so...

is there a way to keep page #1 invisible till page #2 gets to the client?

thanks

 

[Aaron [SQL Server MVP]]

You can use dynamic HTML. Here is some pseudo-code that will work in IE,
you will need to augment it a bit if you need to work in
Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox etc.



<div id=main style='display:none'>
<!-- put all your body here -->
</div>

<script>
//here is your logic
if (redirect)
{
location.replace("newpage.asp");
}
else
{
document.getElementById('main').style.display = '';
}
</script>

Not really ASP related anymore. If you want further help with this kind of
technique, please see a client-side newsgroup, e.g.
Microsoft.public.scripting.jscript ...