lightbox and please wait dialog

> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] En nombre
> de Marco D'Ambros
> Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Noviembre de 2008 13:11
> Para: Seaside - general discussion
> Asunto: [Seaside] lightbox and please wait dialog
>
> Hi,
>
> in a seaside application I am writing, some operations take a long  
> time to complete.
> For this reason, I want to add a sort of "please wait" dialog to the  
> page which automatically disappears after the operation is performed.
>
> I tried something like this:
>
> html submitButton
> onClick:
> (html request callback: [self lightbox:
> (WAFormDialog new  
> addMessage: 'Please wait')]),
> (html request callback: [self rootApplication
> computeLongOperation]);
> text: ' compute long operation']
>
> but it does not work. In particular I have to problems with that:
> 1 - the lightbox dialog is shown in the page only after the  
> #computeLongOperation completed
> 2 - I dunno how to make the dialog disappear after the  
> #computeLongOperation is completed.
>
> any suggestions will be really appreciated :-)
>
> thanks!
> Marco
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> Hi Marco,
>
> today I've finished solving exactly that.
> I've used a periodical updater on a component which changes its  
> state while
> progressing.
> The state of this component dictates which feedback will be rendered  
> to the UI.
> Its nice because you can even set there server side validation  
> result when it
> wont validate. If validates fine some kind of be patience message is  
> displayed
> until state changes to done and it end up with some feedback about  
> process
> complete.
>
> Tip: you may be tempted to but manage yourself to don't use forks in  
> callbacks
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sebastian Sastre
>
>
>> -----Mensaje original-----
>> De: [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]] En nombre
>> de Marco D'Ambros
>> Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Noviembre de 2008 13:11
>> Para: Seaside - general discussion
>> Asunto: [Seaside] lightbox and please wait dialog
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> in a seaside application I am writing, some operations take a long
>> time to complete.
>> For this reason, I want to add a sort of "please wait" dialog to the
>> page which automatically disappears after the operation is performed.
>>
>> I tried something like this:
>>
>> html submitButton
>> onClick:
>> (html request callback: [self lightbox:
>> (WAFormDialog new
>> addMessage: 'Please wait')]),
>> (html request callback: [self rootApplication
>> computeLongOperation]);
>> text: ' compute long operation']
>>
>> but it does not work. In particular I have to problems with that:
>> 1 - the lightbox dialog is shown in the page only after the
>> #computeLongOperation completed
>> 2 - I dunno how to make the dialog disappear after the
>> #computeLongOperation is completed.
>>
>> any suggestions will be really appreciated :-)
>>
>> thanks!
>> Marco
>> _______________________________________________
>> seaside mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside
>
> _______________________________________________
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> -----Mensaje original-----
> De: [hidden email]
> [mailto:[hidden email]] En nombre
> de Marco D'Ambros
> Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Noviembre de 2008 13:44
> Para: Seaside - general discussion
> Asunto: Re: [Seaside] lightbox and please wait dialog
>
> Thanks Sebastian,
>
> how do you make the component disappears automatically when
> the state  
> is "done"?
>
> Cheers
> Marco
>
> On Nov 4, 2008, at 4:30 PM, Sebastian Sastre wrote:
>
> > Hi Marco,
> >
> > today I've finished solving exactly that.
> > I've used a periodical updater on a component which changes its  
> > state while
> > progressing.
> > The state of this component dictates which feedback will be
> rendered  
> > to the UI.
> > Its nice because you can even set there server side validation  
> > result when it
> > wont validate. If validates fine some kind of be patience
> message is  
> > displayed
> > until state changes to done and it end up with some feedback about  
> > process
> > complete.
> >
> > Tip: you may be tempted to but manage yourself to don't use
> forks in  
> > callbacks
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Sebastian Sastre
> >
> >
> >> -----Mensaje original-----
> >> De: [hidden email]
> >> [mailto:[hidden email]] En nombre
> >> de Marco D'Ambros
> >> Enviado el: Martes, 04 de Noviembre de 2008 13:11
> >> Para: Seaside - general discussion
> >> Asunto: [Seaside] lightbox and please wait dialog
> >>
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> in a seaside application I am writing, some operations take a long
> >> time to complete.
> >> For this reason, I want to add a sort of "please wait"
> dialog to the
> >> page which automatically disappears after the operation is
> performed.
> >>
> >> I tried something like this:
> >>
> >> html submitButton
> >> onClick:
> >> (html request callback: [self lightbox:
> >> (WAFormDialog new
> >> addMessage: 'Please wait')]),
> >> (html request callback: [self rootApplication
> >> computeLongOperation]);
> >> text: ' compute long operation']
> >>
> >> but it does not work. In particular I have to problems with that:
> >> 1 - the lightbox dialog is shown in the page only after the
> >> #computeLongOperation completed
> >> 2 - I dunno how to make the dialog disappear after the
> >> #computeLongOperation is completed.
> >>
> >> any suggestions will be really appreciated :-)
> >>
> >> thanks!
> >> Marco
> >> _______________________________________________
> >> seaside mailing list
> >> [hidden email]
> >> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > seaside mailing list
> > [hidden email]
> > http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/seaside
>
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