[Seaside] Implement "please wait" message using smallfaces.

[Robert Sirois]

I'm not at all familiar with SmallFaces, but maybe try something along these lines:

onSuccess: (
    updateComponentsWithJavaScript onComplete: (displayReady).
).

RS

> Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 20:21:52 -0800
> From: timothy at churchmilitant.org
> To: seaside at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: Re: [Seaside] Implement "please wait" message using smallfaces.
> 
> Ok now I know why it's doing it.  I have a collection of panes I need to 
> be refreshed (when: send: to: refresh:) and the message will be 
> refreshed during the processing of the collection.  What I need it to do is:
> 
> 1. update the message to working status
> 2. on success refresh the remaining panes
> 3. when the panes are all refreshed (including the hit list)
> 4. update the message to a ready status.
> 
> Hmmm can this be done in SmallFaces using (when:send:to:refresh:)?  Or 
> do I just evaluate javascript (when: evaluateJavascript:)?
> 
> Timothy James Ziebart wrote:
> > Thanks Robert I will give it a try - never used it before.
> >
> > Robert Sirois wrote:
> >> Are you able to use an #onSuccess: type message is your system? (Ajax 
> >> request.)
> >>
> >> RS
> >>
> >> > Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 16:19:47 -0800
> >> > From: timothy at churchmilitant.org
> >> > To: seaside at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> >> > Subject: [Seaside] Implement "please wait" message using smallfaces.
> >> >
> >> > Hi all. I've built a fairly complex interface using SmallFaces
> >> > components.
> >> >
> >> > 9 listboxes, 4 buttons, 3 labels, 1 panel and two custom components
> >> > (subclasses of SFAbstractWidget - search results and a map). Selecting
> >> > an option in one listbox results in a chain of events being executed -
> >> > the contents of two other listboxes are updated, a search conducted 
> >> on a
> >> > remote server and the results being displayed including label and 
> >> button
> >> > statuses being updated. There are no submit or search buttons -
> >> > selecting a listbox option starts the process (I will be adding the
> >> > functionality to include the search button should the user not have
> >> > javascript on). There are no forms. It works well - that is not the
> >> > problem.
> >> >
> >> > The challenge I have is due to the delay in getting data from the 
> >> remote
> >> > server I would like to implement a "please wait" message while the 
> >> data
> >> > is being retrieved. I am not having any success getting it to work.
> >> >
> >> > I tried a SUPeriodical object reading a variable holding updated 
> >> message
> >> > text but, it stops while the data is being retrieved and will display
> >> > the content only when the remaining components are updated -- too 
> >> late.
> >> > Is it possible to have an element update the content and display the
> >> > results before the remainder of the requests are processed? What would
> >> > that look like? Does SUEvaluater/updater update content and render
> >> > before processing the next script?
> >> >
> >> > I was looking at Ramon Leon's Ajax Polling and Concurrency articles
> >> > thinking I may have to head in that direction. Is that the direction I
> >> > need to head in? Any suggestions would be helpful.
> >> >
> >> > As you can tell I am confused about the sequence when a element on a
> >> > page has it's content updated and when the browser displays the 
> >> results
> >> > using ajax.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you for the help.
> >> >
> >> > Tim
> >> >
> >> >
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