Refresh a Layer

[sweevo]

Hello,

Is it possible to refresh a layer rather than the entire page?

Thanks

[mendhak]

no...
but maybe you should tell us what you're trying to do. Might be another way.

[sweevo]

I was contemplating ways for different progress screens. I thought if it wasa possible it would be easier.

I am searching several databases in sequence, and at the moment have a layer with a "Please Wait" message that is removed when the results table is complete (using a body onLoad routine).

However, the powers that be want it to say when each system is complete as the page is loading, sort of System 1... Complete, System 2... Complete etc to give a more accurate depiction of the progress of each search. I'm probably not even going to bother trying.

Cheers.

[mendhak]

all is not lost

An Inline frame that you keep refreshing... wanna experiment with that?

[sweevo]

I did think about it, but can you remove the frame when processing is complete?

I've done something that works though. In the results table that is loaded (what I need to wait for), I've stuck a 1 pixel image in every cell directly after each cell a result is written to. Then the onload for that image shows a layer saying it is complete. At the end (body onload) I remove all layers. There are quite a lot of layers and it's a bit of a work-around, but it does work as intended.

Cheers.