Posted by CptDondo on 04/02/07 16:54

I'm stumped on this one...

I have an embedded system that communicates with a PLC (a sort of
embedded computer.)

At one point, the user of my embedded system can sync the data between
the two machines. This takes about 40 seconds.

The user clicks on a link, and the php backend initiates the sync. The
sync happens in 3 or 4 discrete chunks.

I'd like to show the user a progress bar or text indication that
something is happening; thus:

User clicks on [Sync Data]

Screen refreshes with new header, then

Loading Part 1.... {10 second pause}
Loading Part 2.... {10 second pause}
Loading Part 3.... {10 second pause}
Loading Part 4.... {10 second pause}

Page automatically forwards back to Home Page.

How do I do this without having the browser time out? And how do I do
the final redirect?

Thanks,

--Yan

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