microsoft.public.dotnet.framework.aspnet.webcontrols

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12/26/2002 6:46:00 PM

by default web requests don't get sent to the client untill the process has
finished. This is more efficent as it cuts down on the amount of chatter
between the client and server. To send the data written to the Response
object before the process has finished simply call the Flush method of the
response object

Response.Flush();

this will write all the data in the buffer to the client.


McGiv


"Randy Tuttle" <randy@citlink.net> wrote in message
news:v0m2nclg1pboc2@corp.supernews.com...
> I've spent quite a while to do what I thought was suppose to be a simple
> task but I guess it is something I have to learn about. Here is what I am
> trying to accomplish.
> On my web form there is a field called "Status". That field is only used
to
> let the user know the web form is busy doing something. In this case I am
> facing, the user sends a request to get weather or a flight plan from a
> server I set up by clicking on a button. The web form then sends the
request
> to the server and returns the results. That might take 10 seconds or
so....
> What I would like to do is, while the web form is busy getting the
results,
> I would like to enter in the Status field that it is busy, please wait....
> The trouble is, nothing appears in the status box until the request is
> processed. I need to let the user know while the web form is processing
and
> then let the user know when it is finished doing what ever it is doing.
> I think I understand that the web form has to re-write its self. I'm not
> sure how to force the web form to update its self like forcing a manual
> postback or something. I don't really care how this is done as long as I
can
> some how let the user know the web form is busy doing something so he/she
> won't just sit there pressing the "Get Request" button a zillion times
while
> the web form is already processing the first request.
> Does anyone have any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
>