Please Wait Notification - how to

> Hi,
>
> My queries have become complicated and are taking long.
> I want to indicate that activity is taking place after
> the user presses a trigger control.
>
> Something like an ephemeral message (I know it is not
> there yet, no problem) or maybe a switch.
>
> Does one of the examples show this, or any quick
> suggestions?
>
> Thank all,
> Hank
>
> Hank Ratzesberger
> NEES Programmer
> Institute for Crustal Studies
> University of California, Santa Barbara
>
>
>

> You know, my server must have been in an unusual state,
> the Loading... message was not showing up and now is.
>
> Maybe I will work on styling the Loading message a little differently.
>
> Cheers,
> Hank
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Ratzesberger"
> <[hidden email]>
> To: <[hidden email]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:17 PM
> Subject: [ops-users] Please Wait Notification - how to
>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> My queries have become complicated and are taking long.
>> I want to indicate that activity is taking place after the user
>> presses a trigger control.
>>
>> Something like an ephemeral message (I know it is not there yet, no
>> problem) or maybe a switch.
>>
>> Does one of the examples show this, or any quick suggestions?
>>
>> Thank all,
>> Hank
>>
>> Hank Ratzesberger
>> NEES Programmer
>> Institute for Crustal Studies
>> University of California, Santa Barbara

> Good!
>
> Note that at the moment, all the actions that result from a user
> interaction (click, key presses) execute on the server completely before
>  returning to the client.
>
> A consequence of that is that you can't simply do something like
> xforms:toggle followed by xforms:submission, and expect that the toggle
> will be visible by the user while the submission is going on.
>
> Something to think about in the future.
>
> -Erik
>
> Hank Ratzesberger wrote:
>> You know, my server must have been in an unusual state,
>> the Loading... message was not showing up and now is.
>>
>> Maybe I will work on styling the Loading message a little differently.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Hank
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hank Ratzesberger"
>> <[hidden email]>
>> To: <[hidden email]>
>> Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 12:17 PM
>> Subject: [ops-users] Please Wait Notification - how to
>>
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> My queries have become complicated and are taking long.
>>> I want to indicate that activity is taking place after the user
>>> presses a trigger control.
>>>
>>> Something like an ephemeral message (I know it is not there yet, no
>>> problem) or maybe a switch.
>>>
>>> Does one of the examples show this, or any quick suggestions?
>>>
>>> Thank all,
>>> Hank
>>>
>>> Hank Ratzesberger
>>> NEES Programmer
>>> Institute for Crustal Studies
>>> University of California, Santa Barbara
>
> --
> Orbeon Forms - XForms Everywhere
> http://www.orbeon.com/blog/
>
>

>
> Hmmm...  so
>
> <trigger>
>   <label>Charge!<label>
>   <action ev:event"DOMActivate">
>     <toggle case="wait"/>
>     <send submission="charge"/>
>     <toggle case"thank-you"/>
>   </action>
> </trigger>
>
> Will all be done en-group, leaving just
> the "thank-you" case.

> On 11/30/06, Hank Ratzesberger <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Hmmm...  so
>>
>> <trigger>
>>   <label>Charge!<label>
>>   <action ev:event"DOMActivate">
>>     <toggle case="wait"/>
>>     <send submission="charge"/>
>>     <toggle case"thank-you"/>
>>   </action>
>> </trigger>
>>
>> Will all be done en-group, leaving just
>> the "thank-you" case.
>
> Yes.
>
>> Is there some elaborate way to <dispatch>
>> events ?
>
> Right now, you can do <toggle case="wait"/>, then <xxforms:script>
> that uses ORBEON.xforms.Document.dispatchEvent() to run an event that
> then does the long running <send submission="charge"/>.
>
> In the future, you could imagine that in a sequence of actions you can
> insert an extension action like <xxforms:synch-client/> which tells
> the client what has happened so far, before continuing on with the
> rest of the actions. Or there might be better ways. If you had
> anything in mind, just let us know.