Thanks (to both). Ajax is yet another thing I don't know anything about. :-). Time to do some studyin' up I guess.If there are any canned ajax solutions, I'd like to hear about them. Steve. On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 11:04 AM, James Dempster <letssurf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > As a suggestion you could store a progress of the function in the session > and make regular calls via ajax back to the server for the progress. > > -- > /James > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Steve Holmes <sholmes42@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Greetings, I'm relatively new to PHP and I've been lurking for a while > > on > > the list, but now I need a pointer or two. > > I have an application which has one function that does a lengthy process > > (installing a piece of software) and I don't want the user to panic > > thinking > > nothing is going on. So I want to put up a 'working' box or a progress > > bar. > > I have no idea how to do that. I haven't dipped my toes into pear yet. I > > don't even know how to install or use a pear module. If there is > > something > > available that doesn't require pear knowledge so much the better, I > > guess, > > but if this is the straw that gets me into pear, so be it. > > So if someone could point me in the right direction I'd really > > appreciate > > it. > > > > Thanks, > > Steve Holmes > > Purdue University > > > > -- There is no greater gift to an insecure leader that quite matches a vague enemy who can be used to whip up fear and hatred among the population. -Paul Rusesabagina, humanitarian (b. 1954) Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right. -Laurens van der Post, explorer and writer (1906-1996)
