#
# If Javascript is disabled in the browser, the effect
# should be that no status line will appear, but
# everything will still work. This is important!
#
# Call makestatusline near the start of execution, just
# after outputting the HTTP header or soon after so that
# the status line will appear ner the top of the page
#
sub makestatusline {
    print <<"EOT" ;
<script language="JavaScript1.2"><!--
if (document.getElementById || document.all || document.layers)
        document.write("<div id=statusbox><p>Status: </p></div>");
function newstatus(s) {
        var e;
        if (document.getElementById) {
                e = document.getElementById("statusbox");
        } else if (document.all) {
                e = document.all["statusbox"];
        } else if (document.layers) {
                e = document.layers["statusbox"];
        }
        e.innerHTML = "<p>Status: " + s + "</p>";
}
//--></script>
EOT
}

#
# Now call this function once in a while when you have
# something to say to the user. Just make sure you don't
# call it while you are in the middle of outputting an
# HTML tag (finish the tag first, then call it)
#
# INPUT: a string, to display in the status line
sub newstatus {
    my ($s) = @_;

    $| = 1;
    print <<"EOT" ;

<script language="JavaScript1.2"><!--
newstatus("$s");
//--></script>
EOT
}