Hi Monks,

I'm working on a CGI script. The user submits a very large quantity of text via a text box in a form. Once I get that data, I parse through it and extract from it a list of files that I need to create and the data that goes in them (some other processing on the data goes on as well). I write the files (printing a success/fail message after each), then put up another form. The problem is that there can be a *LOT* of data coming in from the user, and his browser may time out before I can parse out all the data and write the files.

What I'd like to do is either:
1.) Print a page that says something like "Processing, please wait...this page will refresh in five seconds." and have that page refresh until the file writing is done, then display the success/fail messages and the next form. Or if that can't be done,
2.) Print up the form and have the success/fail messages continually coming in and being displayed on the browser after it until it's done.

Any idea how this can be done? I imagine that I'd need to fork the processing off as one process and somehow keep tabs on it's progress or something.

Thanks!

In reply to Preventing Browser Timeout by Anonymous Monk

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