How to use <meta http-equiv="refresh" for my ca

vishal · #1 (**permalink**) Mar 11th, 2005, 13:04

I have a jsp page which shows a progress page for generation of some report . There is a
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0";URL="myURL"> tag in it.
I am using a gif image(equivalent to a progress bar) to show that the report is being generated. But the problem is that till the time it is not redirected to the URl given above, the image is not moving in IE 6.0. I need to know if there is any other use of meta tag possible or some other technique with a sample code will also be appreciated.
I just want the progress to be shown somehow through a moving figure on the generation page.

Rob · #2 (**permalink**) Mar 17th, 2005, 19:18

Hi Vishal....

I am a little confused as to what it is you ae trying to achieve here.

Could you give us more info so we can try and help you?

vishal · #3 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 03:48

I am trying to create a report generation tool.

I have a JSP page which is popped up after clicking the “generate report” button in another JSP page.

It takes some time for the report to be generated and to be displayed in the same popped up window.

Meanwhile, the report is getting generated, I am displaying a moving image(animated image which can considered equivalent to a progress bar) in the JSP page I referred to above(the popped up window).
I am using the <meta http-equiv=”Refresh” content=”0;"the URL for report generation(in my case an action class)" > tag inside this wait JSP page and the <img> tag for the moving image. But the image in this JSP doesn’t move in IE , it does in Mozilla.

Please help me in this, with some sample code asap. If an alternate approach is possible using only JSP’s, please help me with the same.

Rob · #4 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 09:13

Do you have a url?

I suspect this is just your machine... as sometimes my IE fails to animate images... but my other box does.

vishal · #5 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 09:27

I tried it on other box too. I want to know some other way of achieving the same effect, be it some other technique involving JSP's or HTML tags.
Please help me with some source code if possible . I am stuck at this point. I just want some moving image while the report loads.

Rob · #6 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 09:36

You could use a flash animation.

This would work in all browsers.

vishal · #7 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 10:28

I have tried using the flash animations also but as i told earlier they are not always moving, but they work just fine in Mozilla. Isn't there any other solution possible for this problem. Please have a look at the code i am using in the JSP page ( popped up window).

<meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="0;URL=<%=request.getContextPath()%>/<%=request.getParameter("path")%>?<%=request.getPa rameter(SCHEDULE_TASK_ID)%>=<%=generation_id%>">

<body>

[img]<%=request.getContextPath()%>/images/MyFile( .gif or .swf)[/img]

Stop ReportGeneration</p>
</body>

Here the image is displayed but without animation. Please give me some hint how to proceed, whatever be the solution HTML-based or Java-based.

Webforumz Staff · #8 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 10:40

When you use Flash and publish a flash movie, Flash will actually create an HTML file for you with the necessary <object> code within it. All you need is that <object> code.

If you're not generating the HTML file, make sure you're choosing File > Publish and ensure that HTML is still selected in your publish settings.

Alternatively, if you don't have Flash...

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<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="100" height="660" id="main_001">
<param name="movie" value="filename.swf" />
<param name="menu" value="false" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />
<embed src="filename.swf" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="100" height="660" name="main_001" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></object>

Remember to change filename.swf to the name of your swf files and the width and height to be the same as your Flash file.

Rob · #9 (**permalink**) Mar 18th, 2005, 10:47

In other words Vishal.... you CANT do this:-

[img]<%=request.getContextPath()%>/images/MyFile.swf[/img]

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