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kuradac
kuradac

Reputation: 494

Show 'wait' cursor while form post returns a file

Spent quite some time on this forum looking at answers similar to my problem but couldn't find the one that matched my case.

I have an HTML form that I am submitting via javascript to my aspx page.

function Submit()
{
  document.MyFormName.action = 'StreamPDF.aspx'
  document.MyFormName.submit();
}

The StreamPDF.aspx returns application/pdf which presents the user with the open/save dialog. The PDF generation takes quite a while and the user needs to be presented with the 'wait' cursor. This is a simple aspx page (No MVC, no other plugins).

So my only option is to use javascript to post the data.The closest answer was this. I took the idea from this link and just before I submit the iframe, I am setting the wait cursor. But I have no way of knowing whether the PDF came back since I can't have cookies sent to the browser. It's my limitation. So I am still at square 1. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1255

Answers (2)

kuradac
kuradac

Reputation: 494

After several attempts to get this working, I realized that the only non-intrusive approach to fix this is the suggestion in the link I posted. Have the server notify the client that the file is streamed by setting a cookie which is deleted by the client script.

Thanks for all your responses.

Upvotes: 0

kjana83
kjana83

Reputation: 398

can you give a try with blockui

http://forums.asp.net/p/1620326/4457438.aspx/1?Re+Show+wait+message+on+submit

Upvotes: 2

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