Posted by CptDondo on 04/02/07 22:30

Jerry Stuckle wrote:

> You can't stop the browser from timing out. That's client side, and you
> only have control over the server side.
>
> You could send a meta refresh tag to ask the browser to refresh the page
> - of course, you'll have to keep track of what's going on separately.
>
> You can also just send a message to the browser - if your html is simple
> (i.e. no tables, etc.), and you flush() the output after every write,
> most browsers will display it immediately. That's not a guarantee, though.

That's the way I have it set up right now.

>
> And if you do it this way you can't automatically forward back to the
> home page (you can't redirect after sending any data).
>

Bummer. I guess I'm going to have to add a "Click when done" and/or
some javascript to redirect when it's done.

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