Re: [webmin-devel] adding a "please wait" popup while executing time consuming commands

On 20/May/2014 09:27 marty leisner <[email protected]> wrote ..
> When having a custom module in webmin execute time consuming commands, how
> would I add a
> "please wait" message until the command is finished (without user
> interaction).
> 
> I.e.:
> 
> start_please_wait();
> system("long_command");
> stop_please_wait();

In some modules, I've had Webmin print out a series of dots (one per second)
while performing some long operation. The code is like :

print "Doing something slow ..";
launch_slow_op_in_background();
while(!done_slow_op()) {
  sleep(1);
  print ".";
  }
print "<br>\n";
print ".. done<p>\n";

 - Jamie

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