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	Bruce Anderson	Page Loading Progress Bar on Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:13:51 -0500 I have several screens (but not all) where IE's page loading progress bar indicates that there is something more to come even though the deed is done and the entire screen is visible on the user's browser and responds to the submit form controls. What is the user's browser looking for so that the progress bar will indicate completion? How does the browser recognize the end of the transmission? Possibly related to the above, my pages do not have this line before the <html> tag. Is is necessary or desirable? <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Thanks for any education passed along. Bruce Anderson
	Thomas Braun	Re: Page Loading Progress Bar on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:30:56 +0200 Bruce Anderson wrote: > Possibly related to the above, my pages do not have this line before the > <html> tag. Is is necessary or desirable? > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> Desirable - yes. But only if you know what each DTD version means and your html code is created according to those recommendations. (Much) more information can be found at the w3c site: http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/ HTH Thomas
	Phil Ide	Re: Page Loading Progress Bar on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:29:30 +0100 Bruce, > I have several screens (but not all) where IE's page loading progress bar > indicates that there is something more to come even though the deed is done > and the entire screen is visible on the user's browser and responds to the > submit form controls. What is the user's browser looking for so that the > progress bar will indicate completion? How does the browser recognize the > end of the transmission? There are several reasons why this might be the case. 1. The closing </html> tag is missing. Usually this is handled without problem, but sometimes causes the browser to expect more, especially when the server is sending chunked data. 2. A JScript/Java function has been called on the onLoad event, which doesn't return true, or the call is not terminted by a ';'. <body onLoad="myFunc();"> Regards, Phil Ide ******************************************* * Xbase++ FAQ, Libraries and Sources: * * goto: http://www.idep.org.uk/xbase * * --------------------------------------- * * www.xodc.org.uk - openSource Dev-Center * ******************************************* Ignorant: Knowledge-based nonpossessor

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Page Loading Progress Bar
on Sun, 28 Aug 2005 18:13:51 -0500

I have several screens (but not all) where IE's page loading progress bar 
indicates that there is something more to come even though the deed is done 
and the entire screen is visible on the user's browser and responds to the 
submit form controls.  What is the user's browser looking for so that the 
progress bar will indicate completion?  How does the browser recognize the 
end of the transmission?
Possibly related to the above, my pages do not have this line before the 
<html> tag.  Is is necessary or desirable?
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

Thanks for any education passed along.
Bruce Anderson

Thomas Braun

Re: Page Loading Progress Bar
on Mon, 29 Aug 2005 08:30:56 +0200

Bruce Anderson wrote:
> Possibly related to the above, my pages do not have this line before the 
> <html> tag.  Is is necessary or desirable?
> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN">

Desirable - yes. But only if you know what each DTD version means and your
html code is created according to those recommendations.

(Much) more information can be found at the w3c site:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/

HTH
Thomas

Phil Ide

Re: Page Loading Progress Bar
on Tue, 30 Aug 2005 12:29:30 +0100

Bruce,

> I have several screens (but not all) where IE's page loading progress bar 
> indicates that there is something more to come even though the deed is done 
> and the entire screen is visible on the user's browser and responds to the 
> submit form controls.  What is the user's browser looking for so that the 
> progress bar will indicate completion?  How does the browser recognize the 
> end of the transmission?

There are several reasons why this might be the case.

1.  The closing </html> tag is missing.  Usually this is handled without
problem, but sometimes causes the browser to expect more, especially when
the server is sending chunked data.

2.  A JScript/Java function has been called on the onLoad event, which
doesn't return true, or the call is not terminted by a ';'.

   <body onLoad="myFunc();">

Regards,

Phil Ide

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